[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] NASA has halted all future Boeing space mission due to its malfunctioned Starliner that left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS).
The agency revealed this week that Elon Musk's SpaceX will become the frontrunner 2025 launches, leaving Boeing completely off the schedule.
SpaceX has been tapped to rescue astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore who have been on the ISS for four months when it brings them back to Earth next February, while the mission was schedule for about one week.
NASA said on Tuesday that the decision to remove Boeing was to get a better understand of what went wrong when the spacecraft failed its mission, which saw several leaks during the 24-hour journey to the orbiting laboratory in July.
'The timing and configuration of Starliner’s next flight will be determined once a better understanding of Boeing’s path to system certification is established,' NASA stated Tuesday.
'This determination will include considerations for incorporating Crew Flight Test lessons learned, approvals of final certification products, and operational readiness,' the agency added.
Prior to Starliner's disastrous first crewed test flight, NASA had high hopes for the spacecraft, targeting early 2025 for the launch of its first operational mission.
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