Boeing's Starliner flew two astronauts to the ISS in 2024 but came home empty. What went wrong with its thrusters, how the crew got back, and what comes next.

Boeing Starliner Commercial Crew NASA

The Russian segment of the International Space Station with docked Soyuz and Progress spacecraft and extended solar arrays, photographed by the STS-134 crew during their final shuttle flyaround

analysisMay 1, 2026

The End of the ISS: 2030 Deorbit and the Stations Replacing It

The ISS is being deorbited around 2030. Inside the Zvezda cracking, SpaceX's $843M deorbit vehicle, and the four commercial stations racing to replace it.

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newsJuly 1, 2026

Boeing's Starliner Saga: What Went Wrong and What's Next

Boeing's Starliner flew two astronauts to the ISS in 2024 but came home empty. What went wrong with its thrusters, how the crew got back, and what comes next.

Boeing Starliner Commercial Crew NASA

analysisMay 1, 2026

The End of the ISS: 2030 Deorbit and the Stations Replacing It

The ISS is being deorbited around 2030. Inside the Zvezda cracking, SpaceX's $843M deorbit vehicle, and the four commercial stations racing to replace it.

international space station iss deorbit commercial leo destinations