NASA Leadership Lapse Compromised Safety In Starliner Crew Flight Test

Boeing Starliner docked on ISS

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft that flew NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station remained docked at the forward port of the station’s Harmony module, as pictured, for three months.

Credit: NASA
Historically, the type of roasting that NASA received from independent teams investigating the 2024 Starliner Crew Flight Test would follow a fatal accident—one triggered not only by technical failings but also by agency safety blind spots. In the case of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight...
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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