NASA announced on Thursday that it is proceeding with Ba.N CST-100 Starliner Boeing to join the flight program later this year or early 2026, after its inaugural mission to the International Space Station was canceled due to a propulsion system.

The Agency works with Boeing to solve the problem with Starliner’s defective propulsion system, which resulted in the first eight -day crew mission to extend to nine months of stay in space for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

Williams and Wilmore returned earlier this month With SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.

As the agency reports Reuterscommon teams work to finalize the range and timetables for various test campaigns and analyzes of propulsion systems, as NASA is preparing for the next Starliner flight.

THE Steve stichDirector of the NASA Crew Program, said that a scheduled flight is likely at the end of this calendar year or early next year.

Boeing’s attempt to correct Starliner’s defective propulsion system has contributed to the development of a spacecraft from the aerospace giant that cost him more than $ 2 billion.