The aerospace giant's loss may be other companies' gain, with SpaceX and Blue Origin among the prime potential beneficiaries.
NASA responded to news that Boeing aims to lay off up to 400 workers from its Space Launch System program. The SLS rocket plays a key role in the Artemis moon program, the agency said.
In a significant development, NASA is reportedly evaluating the termination of its Space Launch System (SLS) program. This move could profoundly impact Boeing’s $82 billion contract and reshape the future of U.S. space exploration. This consideration arises amidst escalating costs, project delays, and a shifting political landscape.
Boeing is preparing to lay off roughly 200 employees working on the Space Launch System rocket as it braces for the possibility that its contracts with NASA may not be renewed after they end in March.
The Boeing Co. has announced a new round of layoffs in Huntsville, in part blaming changes to its contract with NASA’s moon rocket program. Boeing plans to lay off 71 employees, the company said in a notice to the Alabama Department of Commerce this week.
Politics may have been a reason why NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore got their mission extended from eight days to eight months. According to Rudy Ridolfi, a former Space System Commander in the US military, Joe Biden's constant clashes with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may have influenced NASA's decision regarding Williams's mission.
Company anticipates “revisions” to NASA’s Artemis program, for which it is developing part of the space launch system (SLS).
Between now and Crew-10's new target launch date of March 12, Endurance must undergo refurbishment, trunk stacking, propellant loading and transportation to SpaceX's Launch Complex-39A hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, for booster integration.
Boeing's Starliner astronauts are in the final stretch of their unexpectedly long stint in Earth orbit — and they're setting the record straight on all the "stranded astronauts" talk.
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NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner under new plan
13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File) In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module ...
After Elon Musk said SpaceX would rescue the “stranded” Starliner astronauts, NASA moved their return date up by two weeks — a slight adjustment to a plan that had already been in place for months.
SpaceX and NASA under pressure to get a pair of Boeing Starliner astronauts home sooner than later announced Tuesday they have shifted plans for the next mission to the International Space Station.