After stranding astronauts, Boeing Starliner’s next mission will only carry cargo

Starliner capsule. Image: NASA

Boeing’s Starliner has been consigned to acting as a space delivery van, at least for its next mission. The beleaguered spacecraft’s future was uncertain after stranding astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Witmore on the International Space Station for 286 days.

Starliner was supposed to dock with the ISS for 8 days and then …