Thecrashes, which took place in 2018 and 2019, killed 346 people.
There were no fatalities, but a few minor injuries were reported.
Elon Musks SpaceX receives a $2.6 billion contract as well with the same goals.
In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024.NASA/AP
Each contractor was expected to complete two to six missions with people aboard.
These contracts marked a decision to privatize voyages to the ISS.
NASA tells the GAO that they have concerns about Starliners parachute system.
We are confident we found the cause and are moving forward with corrective action.
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No people were on board.
NASA said it was likely that the spacecrafts mission elapse timing system was off.
Starlinerreturnsto the factory for deeper-level troubleshooting.
There were issues with software, sensors, and docking components.
There were also issues with thrusters, which maneuver the spacecraft.
Engineers found six or seven possible causes for these issues.
They travel on the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22.
They traveled on a different Soyuz model, a Soyuz MS-23.
They are Starliners first crew and Boeings first time sending astronauts into space.
The vessel had four more leaks during flight.
The issues with helium leaks and Starliners reaction control thrusters persist.
As many as five thrusters went offline during the voyage.
Surprisingly, the issues with the thrusters aresimilarto those in the May 2022 test flight.
We dont understand quite why theyre happening, Stich said.
We are having a great time here on ISS, Williamssaid.
Butch and I have been up here before and it feels like coming home.
So yeah, its great to be here.
While at the ISS, they are helping with repairs and experiments.
They needed the time to to finalize departure planning and operations,accordingto NASA.
This brings the total losses on the program to $1.6 billion since 2016.
The company plans to bring the astronauts back on a SpaceX aircraft.
I dont know whats making it, hesaid.
Mission control describes the noise as pulsing.
Williams and Wilmore stayed at the ISS reportedly out of safety concerns due to the thruster problems.
All of us feel happy about the successful landing.
I dont think that could have gone better, Williamssaidabout the landing, from space.
