After a successful unmanned test flight to the International Space Station in May 2022, the "Starliner" spacecraft developed by Boeing on behalf of the US space agency Nasa is scheduled to fly to the ISS with astronauts on board for the first time in April at the earliest. This was announced by NASA and Boeing at a press conference. February had previously been targeted. NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams are scheduled to take part in the week-long flight.

Last May, the "Starliner" completed a successful flight to the ISS for the first time and spent four days there - an important test for the crisis-ridden spacecraft. In the future, it will transport astronauts to the ISS as an alternative to SpaceX's "Crew Dragon" space capsule. However, the project is well behind schedule due to a number of issues.