Last weekend the spaceship Starliner companies Boeing’s finally returned to Earth in disembodied mode. After a little over three months in space, it landed in the New Mexico desert. However, due to technical issues that plagued NASA officials, Starliner left its crew (astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suna Williams) behind on the ISS.

The capsule’s return signals were mixed. On the one hand, it had made a “landing,” according to Steve Stitch, NASA’s commercial crew program manager. [точно] “The agency did acknowledge, however, that two of Starliner’s engines overheated during reentry, while another failed during landing. The capsule also experienced a temporary shutdown of its guidance system during reentry.

It’s an awkward situation for the US space agency: Will Starliner eventually be able to transport astronauts stranded on the station?

“I think we made the right decision not to bring in Butch and Suna,” Stitch told reporters.

It is not yet clear whether Boeing will attempt to send Starliner to the ISS again, with analysts suggesting the aerospace giant could instead shut down the project, which has already cost the company more than a billion dollars.

“We wouldn’t be surprised if Boeing were to abandon human spaceflight,” analyst Ron Epstein said in an interview. New York Times.