Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Aviation Week's senior space editor Irene Klotz discusses her big story in the next edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology, looking at the 2024 Starliner Crew Flight Test which came close to catastrophe.

The Starliner flight team’s response averted potential disaster, but the Crew Flight Test was reclassified as a major mishap, said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

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