Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to swab the orbiting lab for evidence of microorganisms.

BA stock, with -32% returns since the beginning of 2024, has significantly underperformed the S&P 500 index, up 27%.

The loss demonstrates the challenges facing CEO Kelly Ortberg in turning around the planemaker as it cedes more ground to rival Airbus.

In an interview with The Seattle Times after reporting grim financial results early Tuesday, Kelly Ortberg said that six months into the job, he thinks Boeing is "starting to turn the corner."

But Boeing is far down the leaderboard of the longest streaks of red ink in the S&P 500. The industrial parts and repair company DEX lost money for 18 years in a row before turning profitable in 2019. SBA Communications and LiveNation are tied for second with 17-year runs of red ink that are thankfully over.

Boeing posted a fourth-quarter loss of $3.8 billion on Tuesday as a machinists strike and other problems continued to plague the troubled aircraft manufacturer.

Boeing said on Tuesday it was making progress on increasing plane production, and its shares jumped nearly 8%, despite the company recording its biggest annual loss in four years.

Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) reported a 31% year-over-year revenue decline to $15.242 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, missing the consensus of $16.174 billion. Adjusted loss per share grew to $5.90 from $0.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Tuesday he is "not too worried" about the Trump administration's threats to impose tariffs on trade partners, including countries that are important parts of Boeing’s far-flung supply chain.

Boeing reported its second biggest annual loss ever after a tough year following a mid-air accident and worker strikes.

And now that the dust has settled at aerospace stock Boeing (BA), it is now time to look to the future, and see if Boeing can pull off anything