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Feb 19, 2025

Boeing to lay off about 200 workers in megarocket program

Arlington County-based Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant Boeing plans to lay off about 200 employees working on NASA’s Space Launch System program in anticipation of potential program cuts or cancellation. The company previously expected to eliminate about 400 positions in the program by April, according to Bloomberg, but now plans to keep roughly […]

The first of 10 pieces of the twin Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters manufactured by Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. for NASA’s Artemis I mission was placed on the mobile launcher in November 2020. Photo courtesy NASA/Cory Huston
Aug 28, 2022

Artemis I to launch with help from Va. contractors

EDITOR’S NOTE: Monday’s launch was scrubbed by NASA shortly after 8:33 a.m. because of an engine issue. Weather permitting, if the Artemis 1 moon mission launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning as planned, it will be powered in part by the work of Virginia-based contractors. The uncrewed flight test is the […]

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