Boeing’s troubled capsule won’t carry astronauts on next space station flight

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Boeing and NASA delay Starliner crew flight ; cargo run scheduled first.

Previous Starliner crew mission faced major technical issues, leaving astronauts delayed.

Next Starliner flight to ISS now planned no earlier than April.

NASA reduces Starliner flights from six to four, prioritizing safety and testing.

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety.

Monday’s announcement comes eight months after the first and only Starliner crew returned to Earth aboard SpaceX after a prolonged mission. Although NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams managed to dock Starliner to the International Space Station in 2024, the capsule had so many problems that NA