The Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module (right) will, along with the Power and Propulsion Element, formed the core of NASA's lunar Gateway. Credit: Northrop Grumman
WASHINGTON — A subcontractor for a module that was being developed for NASA’s lunar Gateway has laid off 70 people after NASA halted work on the program.
Paragon Space Development Corp. announced Aug. 11 that it performed a “companywide restructuring” after its contract to provide life support systems for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO, module was terminated by Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the module.
HALO was part of the Gateway, a facility NASA planned to develop in near-rectilinear halo orbit around the moon to support Artemis missions, with contributions from several countries. NASA announced at its Ignition event in March that it was indefinitely halting work on Gateway, effectively canceling it.
Paragon, based in Tucson, Arizona, said the layoffs affected personnel in Arizona, Colorado and Texas.
