NASA, Boeing and International Space Station
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The agency released a critical report that puts the Starliner incident at same mistake level assigned to the fatal Columbia and Challenger shuttle disasters.
As such, Starliner’s homecoming that September was in autonomous mode and the astronauts remained on the ISS. It wasn’t until March 2025 that the astronauts came back via SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission. Williams retired at the end of 2025.
NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.