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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 workforce will shrink to about 14,000 by Jan. 9, 2026, when the employees who said yes during the DRP's second phase will come off the rolls, Warner said in the statement.

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NASA Says Thousands of Employees Set to Resign from Space Agency

NASA will lose roughly 3,870 employees through a voluntary resignation program, part of a broad push from President Donald Trump’s administration to reduce the federal workforce.

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NASA says 20% of workforce to depart space agency

About 20% of the employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are set to depart the space agency, a NASA spokesperson said on Friday.

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More than 20% of NASA's workforce requests to leave agency

About 3,870 employees have applied to depart NASA over two rounds through the Trump administration's deferred resignation ...

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NASA spacecraft snaps a rare photo of Mars and its moons together

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

Lawmakers writing NASA’s budget want a cheaper upper stage for the SLS rocket

House and Senate appropriations bills would preserve SLS, Orion, and the Gateway. However, the House version of NASA's budget ...

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NASA or the Space Force: Who should protect Earth from dangerous asteroids?

NASA currently leads the nation's planetary defense efforts, but some are calling for the Space Force to take control.

The NASA exodus

At least 1 in 5 NASA staff — mostly top scientists, engineers and senior managers — plan to announce their departure by a ...

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Jaw-Dropping Video Shows NASA’s Plan to Deliver a Helicopter Swarm to Mars Without Landing

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

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SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather (video)

One of these ride-along NASA efforts is the Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) SmallSat, which will ...

When will NASA get a permanent leader and why is it taking so long?

AS NASA moves towards looming budget cuts, the agency still lacks a permanent leader. Here's why the search for administrator ...

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NASA probes will study how solar wind triggers potentially dangerous "space weather"

Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...

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NASA seeks moon and Mars communications, navigation proposals

Planned moon and Mars missions require timely communications and navigation systems, which is prompting NASA officials to ...