The aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Seattle, indicated that it will provide 60-day notices of involuntary layoffs to the impacted employees in the upcoming weeks.
A Boeing representative stated via email, "We are working with our customer and seeking opportunities to redeploy employees across our company to minimize job losses."
The Artemis program, which is projected to cost $93 billion through 2025, was initiated by the U.S. space agency during President Donald Trump's first term. It serves as the primary American initiative to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since NASA's Apollo 17 mission.
However, the program has faced considerable delays and escalating costs.
Artemis 2, which was originally scheduled for late 2024 and includes a crewed flight around the moon, is now set for September 2025. Meanwhile, Artemis 3, intended to be the first astronaut moon landing under the program, has been postponed to September 2026, having been initially planned for late 2025.