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NASA Braces for Major Staff Reductions as Budget Cuts Take Hold
NASA is preparing for a major shift in its workforce as nearly 20% of its employees are expected to leave the agency.
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Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave the space agency through the Trump administration's deferred resignation ...
More than 200 NASA employees sign letter opposing Trump budget cuts: Here's what it said
More than 200 current and former NASA employees have signed an open letter known as the Voyager Declaration pushing back on ...
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Thousands seek to exit NASA as budget cuts, leadership shakeup fuel uncertainty
More than 20% of staff file resignations amid downsizing and unclear direction, local media reports - Anadolu Ajansı ...
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NASA Staff Rebuke White House Cuts in Rare Public Dissent
A declaration of dissent from past and present NASA employees warns that science and safety are at risk and joins similar ...
'Catastrophic impacts': NASA workers protest Trump's proposed budget cuts and policies in letter
NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science ...
Hundreds of NASA employees condemn proposed Trump administration budget cuts in public letter
Nearly 300 past and present NASA employees have signed a letter urging the space agency’s interim chief to resist the Trump ...
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Senate appropriations committee pushes back on 2026 NASA budget cuts
The Senate appropriations committee challenges Trump’s 2026 budget, aiming to protect NASA Science and NSF from major cuts.
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NASA losing nearly 4,000 employees to Trump administration's 'deferred resignation' program
NASA has lost about 500 people via normal attrition as well since Trump took office in January. Counting those losses, NASA's ...
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House bill rejects overall NASA budget cuts but shifts funding to exploration
A draft House spending bill would keep NASA’s overall budget flat in fiscal year 2026 but shift money to exploration from ...
Trump’s NASA budget cuts could compromise human safety, warn hundreds of agency employees in open letter
With looming budget cuts at NASA, scientists are voicing their fears about the safety of ongoing missions. Echoing the tragic Challenger incident, a collective letter from NASA staff raises alarms ...