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.
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.
Por Jackie Wattles, CNN La NASA dijo este martes que podría traer a casa a Butch Wilmore y Suni Williams —los dos astronautas que se lanzaron en el primer vuelo de prueba tripulado del Boeing Starline
The move underscores the uncertainty facing NASA under the Trump administration and its Elon Musk-led budget-cutting effort.
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 aerospace giant's loss may be other companies' gain, with SpaceX and Blue Origin among the prime potential beneficiaries.
The pair's situation gained even more attention recently, after President Donald Trump blamed the Biden administration for "virtually abandon[ing[" the two astronauts and publicly
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
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As Boeing and NASA continue to finalize contract revisions for Boeing’s work on the Space Launch System program, we have successfully mitigated a majority of the previously a
Human spaceflight is full of unexpected challenges,” NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said in a statement. The test pilots should have returned in June on Boeing’s Starliner capsule after what should have been a weeklong flight demo.