NASA announces new planned missions for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, according to reports from multiple outlets. The company’s latest use of Starliner involved transporting U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), with the spacecraft’s last flight occurring in June 2024.
In that June 2024 mission, U.S. astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore travel to the ISS as part of a trip that was originally intended to last about eight to 14 days. Some outlets describe the broader context of the Starliner program by referencing earlier problems, noting that a prior test flight did not go as expected and contributed to the extended time astronauts spent aboard the ISS. Other reporting focuses more directly on NASA’s announcement of additional future missions.
Overall, the outlets align on the timing of Starliner’s last deployment and the astronauts involved, while differing in how much they emphasize the earlier mission’s complications versus the new mission schedule.
