NASA Weighs Next Crew Vehicle as Starliner Return Plans Advance Written 10 February 2026

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NASA Weighs Next Crew Vehicle as Starliner Return Plans Advance

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. | Credit: Frank Michaux; NASA

Space News reports, “As NASA prepares to launch a new crew to the space station, the agency has yet to decide which spacecraft it will use for the next crew rotation mission … NASA has said Starliner-1 could launch as soon as April 2026. At a Feb. 9 briefing on the upcoming Crew-12 launch, however, the agency said it had not set a more specific launch date.”
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