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Boeing warned the employees involved in their rocket program of the space launch system that hoped to fire about 400 people.
The news comes in the midst of delays and growing costs of NASA Artemis program, which was established during the first mandate of President Trump, and aims to send the astronauts back to the moon.
Its budget is expected to be around $ 93 billion until the end of the year.
It also occurs when the new Trump administration has begun to dismiss government employees Of some institutions, although it is not clear if the Efficient Department of the Government of Elon Musk (Doge) plans to make cuts to NASA.
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One of the four main motor nozzles is shown in the central stage of the rock system for Artemis II in an Nasa Artemis event at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Reutersje Skipper / File Photo / Reuters)
Musk’s Spacex is NASA’s main astronaut carrier to the International Space Station, and the company has several important contracts with the government.
The United States sent astronauts to the Moon during the last mission of Apollo, Apollo 17, in 1972.
“To align with the reviews of the Artemis program and cost expectations, we inform our spatial launching team about the potential of approximately 400 positions less in April 2025,” Boeing told Fox Business in a statement.
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The painters renew the NASA logo in the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Gregg Newton / AFP through Getty Images / Getty Images)
Boeing said that employees affected by involuntary dismissals would receive 60 -day warnings in the coming weeks, “in accordance with the workers adjustment and training notification law.”
The company added that it was trying to minimize the loss of jobs by transferring employees throughout the company to minimize job loss and “retain our talented teammates.”
After NASA successfully launched Artemis I in 2022, Artemis II mission was delayed from 2024 to September.
Elon Musk directs the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) of President Trump. (Brandon Bell / Pool through Reuters / Reuters)
Astronauts plan to orbit the moon in the mission of Artemis II, and in Artemis III, they will walk on the moon. That mission was also delayed from 2025 to September 2026.
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Fox Business has communicated with NASA to comment.
Michael Dorgan and Fox Business Reuters contributed to this report.
