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Nearly 4,000 NASA Employees Quit

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave under Trump’s Deferred Resignation Program amid leadership shifts, budget cuts, and growing concerns about agency direction.

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NASA workforce to shrink by about 20% as nearly 4,000 employees take buyouts

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Nearly 4,000 NASA Employees Quit as Part of Trump Buyouts

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Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce, and will reduce the agency from 18,000 to 14,000 employees, NASA spokesperson Cheryl Warner said in a statement shared with NPR.

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NASA sees over 3,000 employees exit through voluntary separation program

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NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce

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NASA faces brain drain as thousands exit under voluntary resignation scheme

Some heading into retirement, others to private sector Almost 3,900 of NASA's workforce is set to leave the agency thanks to voluntary incentives, with senior staffers among those heading out the door.

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NASA Faces Major Workforce Exodus Amid Ongoing News Developments

Approximately 20% of NASA's workforce is expected to leave the agency, as confirmed by a spokesperson. This comes amidst various significant news including potential tariffs on açaí from Brazil, controversies surrounding Donald Trump's ties with Jeffrey Epstein,

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NASA Faces Major Talent Exodus as 3,870 Staff Opt for Voluntary Resignation

NASA Faces Major Talent Exodus as 3,870 Staff Opt for Voluntary Resignation - Nearly 3,870 NASA employees have opted for voluntary resignation as part of a federal workforce

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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 documents from staff at other federal science agencies

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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.

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NASA facing a major exodus? Space agency to lose most experienced employees due to..., 2145 senior staff members, 875 top-level workers planning to...

NASA is seeing a huge wave of resignations, with 1,818 employees from its main missions in science and human spaceflight planning to leave.

Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them

On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie Lystrup will leave her post as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday, August 1. Lystrup has held the top job at Goddard since April 2023, overseeing a staff of more than 8,000 civil servants and contractor employees and a budget last year of about $4.7 billion.

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Proposed NASA Glenn cuts raise ire of NEO biz leaders

Under the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, NASA’s total budget would drop from approximately $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion, a reduction of about 24%. The proposed budget envisions cutting a total of 554 jobs over the next year at NASA Glenn and the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky.

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‘We dissent’: NASA staff declare opposition to Trump cuts

Space-agency declaration of dissent and NSF petition join similar documents from staff at the EPA and the NIH.