NASA in talks with Boeing to use Starliner for 10 or more new crewed missions

NASA is in talks with Boeing to use the Starliner spacecraft for 10 or more new crewed missions, according to a Wall Street Journal report on September 18, 2026. The discussions come despite Starliner's troubled 2024 test flight, which forced astronauts to return on a SpaceX Dragon. NASA also awarded SpaceX a $946 million contract for three additional ISS missions. Boeing expressed commitment to NASA's commercial crew efforts, while NASA plans to release details on its low Earth orbit objectives soon.