WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into whether NASA's former head of human spaceflight gave Boeing improper guidance during a lucrative lunar-lander contract competition, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday .
The Justice Department has sent subpoenas to NASA, Boeing and Doug Loverro, who led the space agency's marquee space travel program until he resigned in May, as part of a grand-jury investigation into the possible violation of federal procurement laws, the sources said.
Representatives for Boeing and Loverro declined to comment. NASA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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