NASA Declares Boeing Starliner Failure a Maximum-Level Mishap, Tightens Oversight
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NASA has officially classified the Boeing Starliner’s 2024 failure as a Type A (maximum-level) mishap, signaling potential hundreds of millions in damage and the risk of losing a vehicle or the ISS. The incident involved thruster faults on approach to the ISS, leaving astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on the station for nine months. A 312-page report blames design compromises, inadequate hardware qualifications, and weak oversight of subcontractors, and NASA pledges much stricter scrutiny with no launches until fixes are verified, while pursuing diversification away from SpaceX. The exact thruster failure mode remains under investigation.
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- NASA chief blasts Boeing, space agency for failed Starliner astronaut mission NPR
- NASA declares Boeing’s botched Starliner flight a mishap on par with deadly space shuttle disasters Scientific American
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