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Boeing to Cut Fewer Moon Rocket Jobs

Analysis-Cutting moon rocket would test Musk's power to slash jobs in Republican states

President Donald Trump is being urged to axe an over-budget, multi-billion dollar moon rocket, sources familiar with the discussions said, setting up a titanic struggle with Republican lawmakers whose districts depend on the program's jobs.

Bloomberg on MSN · 2d

Boeing to Cut Fewer Moon Rocket Jobs After ‘Daily’ NASA Talks

Boeing Co. managed to preserve half of the 400 jobs it previously considered eliminating at its moon-rocket program following talks with NASA, potentially pointing to greater certainty over future funding despite concerns over a potential shake-up by Donald Trump.

Seeking Alpha · 2d

Boeing is said to plan fewer moon-rocket job cuts than thought

Boeing reduces planned job cuts in its moon-rocket program after talks with NASA, amid shifts in space industry leadership.

Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Orbiting the Moon

Gizmodo · 16h

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon

The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway through its journey to the Moon. The mission, named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” will spend around 16 days in lunar orbit before attempting a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.

Space on MSN · 15h

Welcome to the moon! Firefly's Blue Ghost lander reaches lunar orbit (video, photos)

Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in the Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") region of the moon's near side on March 2.

CNET on MSN · 13h

The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Orbiting the Moon, With Dazzling Photographs

NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at the moon and is now orbiting Earth's nearest neighbor as it prepares to make its landing next month. And it's capturing some amazing photos on its journey.

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Boeing to Lay Off Hundreds of Employees Amid Space Launch System Uncertainty

Company anticipates “revisions” to NASA’s Artemis program, for which it is developing part of the space launch system (SLS).

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4 Space Missions to Watch in February 2025: NASA, SpaceX and More

The space industry started off 2025 with a bang. January brought the dual launch of lunar landers from the Texas-based ...

Space on MSN1d

Japan's Resilience lunar lander prepares for 1st swing around the moon

ispace's Resilience lander launched on Jan. 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, along with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander. It is taking an energy-efficient, circuitous route to the moon, and only ...

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How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

Gizmodo5d

Boeing Warns of Hundreds of Layoffs With NASA’s Moon Rocket in Limbo

NASA/Joel Kowsky Boeing informed its Space Launch System (SLS) team of potential layoffs, a worrying sign that NASA’s Moon rocket may be at risk after massive cost overruns and schedule delays.

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NASA says Boeing-built SLS moon rocket is ‘essential’ as company warns of layoffs

First of all, there is one human-rated spacecraft that is flying and ... to use the SLS rocket to power 10 or more Artemis missions, which will aim to return humans to the moon’s surface as ...

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Boeing could lay off hundreds if NASA’s SLS moon rocket is canceled

A big indication has dropped that NASA’s moon rocket might really get canceled ... getting it rolled out to the pad, and then flying the crew safely,” said Amit Kshatriya, deputy associate ...

The Associated Press on MSN10d

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday ... New Shepard alternates between ...

CNN11d

China plans to send a flying robot to search for water on the moon’s far side

The robotic “flying detector” will be deployed to the lunar south pole as part of China’s Chang’e-7 mission, which aims to bring the country closer to landing astronauts on the moon within ...

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NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly's First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing

With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is ...

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