NASA Reduces Boeing’s Starliner Missions as SpaceX Books More Flights

The space agency cut the contract value by $768 million.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on July 3, 2024. NASA via AP

NASA is reducing its investment in Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft, announcing Monday that it’s lowering the number of astronaut missions and opting to make the next trip to the International Space Station (ISS) a crewless one.

Boeing’s original $4.5 billion deal, a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, entailed six operational flights bringing astronauts to and from the ISS once certified.