3 days ago · The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running program. On Friday, with less than an hour's notice, David ...

NASA’s Space Launch System is the only rocket capable of carrying crew and large cargo to deep space in a single launch. Powered by the Boeing-built Core Stage, SLS successfully launched as part of the Artemis I Mission on November 16, 2022.

1 day ago · Artemis 3, the mission intended to achieve the first human lunar landing since Apollo 17, has also been delayed, now targeting a September 2026 launch instead of late 2025. These shifts have added pressure to Boeing and other Artemis contractors, as NASA refines its strategy for long-term lunar exploration.

3 days ago · Boeing SLS employees were informed Feb. 7 that the company was making preparations to cut up to 400 jobs from the program because of “revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations.”

Learn about Boeing's partnership with NASA to launch the first of the Artemis missions that will return humanity to deep space.

Boeing told employees in its SLS moon rocket program on Saturday that it plans to make around 400 layoffs as NASA's Artemis program suffers delays and cost revisions.

Learn about the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed flight test to the Moon that will lead to a new era of human deep space exploration.

The first SLS, for Artemis I, launched an Orion spacecraft into a lunar orbit on a test flight in fall 2022, [155] and NASA and Boeing are constructing the next three rockets for Artemis II, Artemis III, and Artemis IV. [156] Boeing stated in July 2021 that while the COVID-19 pandemic had affected their suppliers and schedules, such as delaying ...

2 days ago · HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - NASA’s plans to return to the moon are unclear after Boeing announced expected layoffs on Friday. Thousands of people work for Boeing in Huntsville, and many of them helped design the Artemis rocket in the Space Launch System (SLS) program. Boeing confirmed with WAFF 48 on Saturday that SLS layoffs may be on the way.

23 hours ago · The layoffs will affect 400 Boeing employees who worked on the Artemis program’s SLS rocket. Photo: NASA/Flickr. The SLS rocket debuted in November 2022 after more than a decade of development. It launched the Orion spacecraft into space, which flew around the Moon in automatic mode without a crew and successfully returned to Earth.