Jeff Shockey, executive vice president for Government Operations, Global Public Policy and Corporate Strategy at Boeing, delivers opening remarks during a visit by NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to speak with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jeff Shockey, executive vice president for Government Operations, Global Public Policy and Corporate Strategy at Boeing, delivers opening remarks during a visit by NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to speak with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore speaks with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, speaks with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during an event with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, and Butch Wilmore, left, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, and Butch Wilmore, left, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, Butch Wilmore, left, and Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, listen to a question as they speak with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams, center, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, and Butch Wilmore, left, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams, center, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)