India, Sept. 29 -- NASA and Boeing provided an update on the company's Starliner spacecraft, including adding additional crew missions and certifying a new rocket for crew transportation to low Earth orbit.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a reusable crew spacecraft built in collaboration with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to transport astronauts and cargo to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station.

"We are living through the most exciting era of space exploration since Apollo," said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. "As this domain continues to open, there will be growing demand for launch vehicles, transfer stages, landers, and, of course, spacecraft that carry astronauts. NASA has been committed to having multiple crew trans...