Boeing, Lockheed Martin fall as NASA delays launch of Artemis moon mission

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

29/08/2022 14:23

** Shares of aerospace companies including Boeing Co  BA.N 
and Lockheed Martin Corporation  LMT.N  fall between 0.4% and
1.4% premarket
    ** NASA launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson called
off Artemis 1 mission launch attempt due to an issue with one of
its main rocket engines  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3050KV
    ** Administration says next available launch opportunity
available for the Artemis 1 mission is on Friday, Sept. 2
    ** NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was set to lift
off at 0833 AM EST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the
moon for the first time ever
    ** Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings  AJRD.N , BA, LMT and
Northrop Grumman  NOC.N  are among suppliers for SLS rocket and
Orion crew capsule
    ** Separately, Boeing announced that United Parcel Service
 UPS.N  bought eight additional 767 aircraft  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn8FYJmba

 (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru)
 ((Akash.Sriram@thomsonreuters.com; https://twitter.com/hoodieonveshti;))