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| NASA boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history |
| 2026-02-20 |
| [BBC] In a statement on Starliner's findings, Isaacman said the spacecraft had faced issues throughout its prior recent missions but had still been accepted for the test. "We are correcting those mistakes. Today, we are formally declaring a Type A mishap and ensuring leadership accountability so situations like this never reoccur." Nasa's "Type A" grade puts the Starliner incident at the same level assigned to the fatal 2003 Columbia and 1986 Challenger space shuttle disasters. The agency said in its statement: "While there were no injuries and the mission regained control prior to docking, this highest-level classification designation recognises there was potential for a significant mishap." Related: Starliner''s 04/12/2025 NASA shamed into firing top DEI executive after trying to 'hide' her from Trump administration Starliner''s 04/08/2025 Starliner's flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought Starliner''s 02/23/2025 Disturbing reason NASA 'abandoned' stranded astronauts in space, according to experts |
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