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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

open image in gallery NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, former Navy captains, have been on the International Space Station for months after a mishap with their Boeing Starliner capsule.

To align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations, we informed our Space Launch Systems team of the potential for approximately 400 fewer positions by April

Boeing notified employees it is planning to issue layoff notices "to align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations." Boeing is preparing to issue layoff notices to roughly 200 ...

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