NASA, International Space Station and Boeing
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NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of Boeing Co.’s Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle accidents, underscoring the dramatic failures that kept a pair of astronauts stuck in space for nine months.
Jared Isaacman said the goal of maintaining multiple means of ISS access influenced decision-making when mission and crew safety should have been the top priority.
NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious type of mishap, citing problems in how officials oversaw it.
Technical and oversight problems left two astronauts aboard the International Space Station for months longer than had been expected.
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