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Boeing on Saturday Warned employees involved in his Moon Rocket launch program that he expects to release about 400 people.
The news comes in the midst of delays and growing costs for NASA -in program Artemis, which was founded during the first term of President Trump and aims to send astronauts back to the moon.
His budget is expected to be around $ 93 billion by the end of the year.
It also comes as the new Trump administration has started release government employees Of some institutions, although it is not clear whether Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) plans to make a reduction in NASA.
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One of the four main nozzles of the engine is shown on the basic phase of the Space Launch System Rocket for Artemis II at NASA’s event Artemis Media at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Reutersjoe Skipper / File Photo / Reuters)
Musk’s Spacex is the main NASA -an astronaut carrier to the international space station, and the company has several major contracts with the Government.
The US last sent astronauts to the moon during the last mission of Apollo, Apollo 17, 1972.
“In order to align with the audits with Artemis to the program and expense expectations, we have informed our Space Launch Systems team about the potential for about 400 smaller positions by April 2025,” Boeing said in a Fox Business statement.
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Painters renew the NASA logo on the building of a vehicle assembly at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Gregg Newton / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Boeing said that employees affected by inadvertent release will give 60-day notifications in the coming weeks, “in accordance with the Law on Adaptation and Provisional of workers.”
The company added that it tries to reduce job losses by moving employees across the company to reduce job losses and “retain our talented teammates”.
After Nasa successfully launched Artemis and 2022, the mission of Artemis II was postponed from 2024 to September.
Elon Musk runs the Federal Department to reduce the costs of President Trump (Doge). (Brandon Bell / Pool via Reuters / Reuters)
Astronauts plan to orbit the moon in the Mission of Artemis II, and on Artemis III, they will walk in the month. This mission was also delayed from 2025 to September 2026.
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Artemis was an unusual mission that orbid the moon.
Fox Business addressed NASA and for comment.
Fox Business’ Michael Dorgan and Reuters contributed to this report.
