After being sidelined, Boeing's Starliner to get starring role in NASA's spaceflight plans

Starliner the survivor After being sidelined, Boeing’s Starliner to get starring role in NASA’s spaceflight plans “They should fly their capsule. The government paid a lot of money for that.”

160 Starliner is getting a helping hand from NASA. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Starliner is getting a helping hand from NASA. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav As it contemplates a future without access to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, NASA will make some key moves to ensure that Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which has a decidedly checkered record in spaceflight to date, is safer and can continue flying after its Atlas V rocket retires.