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 ...

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

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.

2 days ago · A Boeing logo is displayed on one of the four main engine nozzles for the Artemis II Launch System. REUTERS. The company added that it was trying to minimize job losses by moving employees across ...

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.

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 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]

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.

NEW ORLEANS, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has provided NASA with the second core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Built at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), the core stage is designed to send the Artemis II crew to lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years.