"Nasa has labelled the botched 2024 Starliner mission, which left two astronauts stranded in space for months, a "Type A" mishap, on par with fatal shuttle disasters of the past, in a newly published report. On Thursday, Nasa's new boss, Jared Isaacman, blasted Boeing, which built Starliner, and the space agency for poor decision-making and leadership that led to the failed mission."
"On Thursday, Nasa's new boss, Jared Isaacman, blasted Boeing, which built Starliner, and the space agency for poor decision-making and leadership that led to the failed mission. Isaacman, who took Nasa's top job in late 2025 after a nomination by US President Donald Trump, said the spacecraft had faced issues throughout its prior recent missions but had still been accepted for the test."
"Nasa's 312-page report comes after the agency commissioned an independent investigation team to identify the causes behind the troubled mission. Getty Images Investigators flagged hardware failures, leadership missteps and cultural problems at the organisations that led to conditions that fell short of the space agency's safety standards. The report also highlighted poor engineering and a lack of oversight at Boeing, which helped turn an eight-to-14-day mission into a months-long ordeal for t"
Nasa classified the 2024 Starliner mission as a Type A mishap, the agency's most severe category reserved for major damage, loss of vehicle control, or deaths. The classification equates the incident with past fatal shuttle disasters. Investigators identified hardware failures, leadership missteps, cultural problems, poor engineering, and insufficient Boeing oversight as contributing causes. The mission left two astronauts stranded in space for over nine months before they returned. Nasa's new administrator Jared Isaacman criticised prior acceptance of the spacecraft despite recurring issues and announced formal declaration of the high-level mishap and leadership accountability measures.
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