Boeing warns hundreds of layoffs amid delays in NASA’s Artemis program
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Saturday Boeing He warned employees involved in the space launch system’s Moon Rocket program that they hoped that around 400 people would be fired.
This news comes amidst delays and rising costs NASA’s Artemis Program, It was established during President Trump’s first term and aims to send astronauts back to the moon.
That budget is expected to reach around $93 billion by the end of the year.
It will also come when the new Trump administration begins. Dismissing government officials It is not clear from some agencies whether the Elon Musk-Run government efficiency (DOGE) is planning to cut NASA.
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One of the four main engine nozzles will be displayed on the core stage of the Artemis II space launch system rocket at the NASA Artemis Media Event at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Reutersjoe skipper / file photo / Reuters)
Musk’s SpaceX is the leading astronaut carrier to NASA’s International Space Station, and the company has several major contracts with the government.
The US last sent astronauts to the moon during its final Apollo mission in 1972, Apollo 17.
“In line with the Artemis program revisions and cost expectations, we have notified the space launch systems team of the possibility of approximately 400 positions by April 2025,” Boeing told Fox Business in a statement.
NASA announced delays to the Artemis program, pushing the lunar landing up to 2026
The painter will renovate the NASA logo on the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Boeing “follows the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act” and if 60 days of notification is given over the next few weeks, employees affected by involuntary layoffs will be given 60 days of notification. He said.
The company added that it is trying to minimize job losses and minimize unemployment by moving employees to the company in order to “keep their talented teammates.”
After NASA successfully launched the Artemis I in 2022, the Artemis II mission was delayed from 2024 to September.
Elon Musk runs President Trump’s federal government’s Office of Cost Cuts (DOGE). (Reuters/Brandon Bell via Reuters/Pool)
Astronauts plan to bring the moon into orbit on the Artemis II mission, and in Artemis III they walk the moon. That mission was delayed from 2025 to September 2026.
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Artemis I was an irregular mission that orbited the moon.
Fox Business contacted NASA for comment.
Michael Dorgan and Reuters of Fox Business contributed to this report.