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NASA workforce to shrink by 10 percent with new layoffs: Report

Around 750 NASA employees have accepted an offer to take deferred resignation later this year, indicating significant staff changes at the agency.
The Trump administration is expected to cut about 1,000 probationary employees at NASA, increasing workforce reductions.
With nearly 18,000 employees, roughly ten percent of NASA's workforce has already been culled under the Trump administration.
NASA's workforce is undergoing cuts after audits from Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, suggesting dramatic changes ahead.

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Top leader in charge of returning NASA to moon suddenly retires

A top executive in charge of returning NASA astronauts to the moon is suddenly retiring.After 35 years, NASA announced Wednesday that Associate Administrator Jim Free is leaving the space agency in the coming days.Free spoke in December about the future of the Artemis program.“Our campaign of human exploration, science, and discovery that began with Artemis I continues with journeys to the moon and then, journeys on to Mars,” Free said.As NASA’s…

2 days ago·Orlando, United States

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The Register

NASA and the on-again, off-again job cuts

Lucky there isn't an asteroid headed for Earth for which a demoralized space agency might need to mount a redirect mission

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Reuters

Key NASA officials' departure casts more uncertainty over US moon program

3 days ago·United Kingdom

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Wavy

NASA Langley workers get guidance for likely layoffs

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - Guidance that went to probationary workers at NASA Langley this week included instructions on getting important documents together, and mention scenarios of class action lawsuits and separation from federal service. The guidance comes at a time when President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, scour the federal government for cost savings. The guidance adv…

3 days ago

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Newsweek

10% of NASA workforce laid off amid Trump administration cuts: Report

Sources from NASA told ABC News that the organization was hit with layoffs as the Trump administration continues reeling back government spending.

4 days ago·United States

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WHNT 19 News

Possible big cuts coming to NASA? Where Marshall Space Flight Center stands

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) --- NASA could make large cuts to its workforce soon. Employees who took the buyout offered by the Trump Administration to resign their positions are on their way out the door. The news outlet Ars Technica is reporting that the agency will begin laying off probationary employees. However, the outlet said Tuesday night that the White House had reversed that decision. A spokesperson at Marshall Space Flight Center told News…

4 days ago·Huntsville, United States

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