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'We almost did have a really terrible day.' NASA now says Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight was a 'Type A mishap'

NASA announced Thursday that it has reclassified Starliner's first astronaut taxi flight as a "Type A mishap" — the most serious kind, in the same category as the space shuttle Challenger and Columbia tragedies. The first astronaut mission of Boeing's Starliner taxi was a bumpier ride than NASA wanted to admit at the time. The agency announced today (Feb. 19) that it has reclassified Starliner's Crew Flight Test (CFT) as a "Type A mishap" — the most serious ... [4459 chars]

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