Boeing (NYSE:BA) has replaced the head of its Starliner spacecraft business with its International Space Station (ISS) program manager, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a company spokesperson. Mark Nappi had been leading the Starliner unit since 2022 and has taken a new post “focused on identifying opportunities for streamlining improvement

President Donald Trump took to social media this week to announce he had directed SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been on a protracted stay at the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner mission, which launched in June and was expected to last about eight days, ran into multiple technical issues.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew to the ISS in the summer of 2024 for a routine eight-day test mission. However, due to problems with the propulsion system of Boeing’s Starliner capsule,

NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

Boeing (BA) has replaced the head of its Starliner spacecraft unit after the vice president leading the unit, Mark Nappi, departed the role,

NASA's two stranded astronauts conducted their first spacewalk together Thursday, stepping outside the International Space Station.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Elon Musk put out a message on X saying that President Donald Trump had asked him to return the two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been on the space station since June as soon as possible.

The president has claimed the previous administration abandoned the astronauts and has called on Elon Musk for aid.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to remove degraded hardware and swab for microorganisms.

The vice president leading Boeing's Starliner spacecraft unit, Mark Nappi, has left the troubled program and was replaced by the company's International Space Station program manager, John Mulholland,

A spokesperson with NASA, which oversees SpaceX’s flights to the ISS, said “NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions.”