NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 19, 2026
NASA on Thursday blamed what it called engineering vulnerabilities in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft along with internal agency mistakes in a sharply critical report assessing a botched mission that left two astronauts stranded in space.
The US space agency labeled the 2024 test flight of the Starliner capsule a "Type A" mishap – the same classification as the deadly Challenger and Columbia
Published by SpaceDaily on 02/24/2026
