spaceship grey and white shaped like a gumdrop with Boeing logo and American flag on it hanging above a metal platform with workers in hardhats surrounding a hole with cutaway rocket segment below
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is guided into position for an uncrewed test flight.
  • Two NASA astronauts are still in space after Boeing's Starliner spacecraft faced delays.
  • The spacecraft's plight adds to the pressure on Boeing.
  • The company faces questions over safety after a door plug on one of its planes blew out in midair.

When Boeing announced in 2015 that its $4.2 billion spacecraft would be named Starliner, NASA officials hailed the manufacturer's innovation as a "great victory" that heralded the start of a new age of space exploration.