Boeing has lost more than $2 billion and counting on its Starliner spacecraft after a rough year in which the capsule’s first astronaut flight turned into a headache for NASA.

Boeing lost roughly $489 million on the Starliner in 2019 in an especially difficult time for the program. But even as COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the economy the company reigned in expenses. Its annual losses never came anywhere near its 2019 peak until now. (Boeing lost $288 million in 2023.)

NASA might certify the Boeing Starliner to fly crew rotational missions to the ISS despite last year's failed test flight

Following the failure of the Starliner mission to the ISS, Boeing has reported further financial losses. The total is 2 billion US dollars.

Boeing (NYSE:BA) recorded its biggest annual reach-forward loss related to its Starliner program spacecraft in 2024, and has lost more than $2B since it first secured the nearly $5B fixed-price contract from NASA to develop the spacecraft.