Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on July 3, 2024. NASA via AP
NASA is reducing its investment in Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft, announcing Monday that it’s lowering the number of astronaut missions and opting to make the next trip to the International Space Station (ISS) a crewless one.
Boeing’s original $4.5 billion deal, a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, entailed six operational flights bringing astronauts to and from the ISS once certified.
