but it experienced propulsion-system helium leaks and thruster failures along the way, and NASA extended CFT repeatedly to study the issues. Finally, on Aug. 24, the agency decided to bring ...

"Doghouse" is the term NASA and Boeing use for the thruster pods on Starliner's service module. The module sports four such pods, each of which houses 12 thrusters — five of the relatively ...

Despite Boeing Starliner's last crewed mission extending from eight days to over nine months due to capsule issues, NASA is examining ... suffered helium leaks and thruster failures.

NASA is still planning on utilizing Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for future missions to the ISS. Boeing is actively addressing the thruster issues that arose during recent Starliner flights.

NASA has outlined how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s order that federal agencies eliminate “waste, bloat, and insularity” — but it’s not yet clear just how sweeping the chan ...

NASA officials have said. While engineers have focused on fixing the thruster issues, the panel determined in its report that other problems with Starliner also require modification before it can ...

But the Starliner experienced problems with its propulsion system, prompting NASA to send it back to Earth with no crew aboard. It was a SpaceX capsule, the Crew Dragon, that brought them back ...