Boeing's Starliner did not bring its crew back from space as expected.

Judge as of 1 January 2025. True: Boeing's Starliner Crew Flight Test (launched June 2024) did not return its crew (Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams) to Earth as planned, for example because Starliner came back uncrewed and the astronauts stayed on the ISS to return on another vehicle. Mostly true: the crew did not return on Starliner as planned, with only a minor misstatement in surrounding detail. Mostly false: the crew's return was delayed but they did come back on Starliner. False: Starliner returned its crew as scheduled.

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1. E1 NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew - NASA NASA · 24 August 2024

   “NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced Saturday.”

2. E2 NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew - NASA NASA · 24 August 2024

   “They will fly home aboard a Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.”

3. E3 NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission - NASA NASA · 7 September 2024

   “NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station.”

4. E4 NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission - NASA NASA · 7 September 2024

   “Wilmore and Williams will continue their work aboard station as part of the Expedition 71/72 crew, returning in February 2025 with the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.”

NASA said on 24 August 2024 that Starliner would return to Earth without Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, and that the two would come home on a SpaceX Dragon with Crew-9 (E1, E2). NASA then confirmed that the uncrewed Starliner landed on 6 September. It also said Wilmore and Williams would stay on the station and return with Crew-9 in February 2025 (E3, E4). So as of 1 January 2025, Starliner had not brought its crew back as planned.