NASA and Boeing plan an uncrewed Starliner-1 flight in December or January to check fixes to the thrusters that ran outside their limits on the 2024 crewed test; astronauts return on Starliner-2 “by 2028”. Our take: until then, SpaceX’s Dragon remains America’s only ride to the station, which is exactly the single point of failure NASA wanted two capsules to avoid.
- 2024crewed test, thruster trouble
- 12/2026–01/2027uncrewed Starliner-1
- 2028astronauts on Starliner-2