Bigelow Aerospace lays off its entire workforce

When: 23 Mar 2020
Where: Las Vegas, NV
Sources: 1 public source

Bigelow Aerospace's North Las Vegas facility, pictured during a 2011 NASA visit Bill Ingalls, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Robert Bigelow's space-habitat company in North Las Vegas laid off its remaining 68 employees, after 20 the week before. The company tied the move to Nevada's COVID-19 order closing nonessential businesses and said it planned to rehire, though others saw the layoffs as permanent.

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PressBigelow Aerospace lays off entire workforce (opens in a new tab)SpaceNews / 2020-03-23

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