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NASA loses another senior official as tension about the agency's future grows

The departures are playing out as NASA and other government agencies contend with significant cuts to funding and personnel.

In scathing letter, NASA workers rebuke ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at agency

Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave ...

The director of NASA’s largest science center is leaving government

On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie Lystrup will leave her post as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday, ...
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NASA personnel warn of ‘dire’ consequences of proposed cuts

Harmful cuts” jeopardize the agency’s mission, more than 280 current and former personnel contend in a scathing dissent.

NASA employees warn cuts threaten safety, advancement

A letter released Monday from more than 150 NASA employees urged agency officials not to make deep budgetary cuts proposed by the White House, saying they would have “dire” consequences. “We are ...

As White House talks about impounding NASA funding, Congress takes the threat seriously

A key source told Ars that the recent budget action in the House and Senate indicates that legislators are taking the ...

Implementing Trump's proposed NASA cuts illegal before Congress passes budget, Democrats say

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Democrats on a House committee overseeing NASA's budget assailed senior agency ...
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NASA’s summer of discontent may be coming to an end

NASA has had a difficult early summer, between a proposed budget that would eviscerate the space agency’s science programs and President Trump’s sudden withdrawal of billionaire private space traveler ...