Boeing’s Starliner losses total $1.5 billion with NASA astronauts still waiting to fly

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Since 2014, when NASA awarded Boeing with a fixed-price contract to develop Starliner, the company has recorded losses on the program almost every year.

for its Starliner astronaut spacecraft program, bringing the program's to-date overrun costs to $1.5 billion as delays continue.. Starliner was scheduled to launch in late July and carry a pair of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.

But Boeing discovered two new problems with Starliner and called off the launch to correct the issues. The delay was the latest in a series of disruptions in Boeing's development of Starliner.contract to develop Starliner, the company has recorded losses on the program almost every year. The charges total $1.47 billion, according to its annual reports and the company's most recent quarterly filing.

 

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