NASA Doubles Down On The Boeing CST-100 Starliner

Irene Klotz October 08, 2026

Boeing Starliner — Boeing’s Starliner departed the ISS on Sept. 6, 2024, leaving its crew behind due to safety concerns.

Credit: NASA

A few hours after SpaceX’s first orbital Starship mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and senior staff joined with Boeing Vice President and Commercial Crew Program Manager John Mulholland at the Kennedy Space Center to brief reporters about CST-100...

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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