Boeing and NASA have decided that the company’s next Starliner mission will carry cargo only.

Monday’s announcement comes eight months after Starliner’s first crewed mission ended with two astronauts stuck in space. NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams successfully docked the capsule to the International Space Station in 2024, but a series of technical problems, including thruster failures and helium leaks, forced NASA to send Starliner back to Earth empty.

Wilmore and Williams remained aboard the station for more than nine months, far longer than their planned eight-day stay. They eventually returned home aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

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