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A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency

Makenzie Lystrup’s departure from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL.

Safety is Being Compromised in Every Way, Warn NASA Staffers Who Signed a Protest Letter

Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.

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 ...

Hundreds of NASA Employees, Past and Present, Sign Letter of Formal Dissent

The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts ...

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 ...

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.
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Resignations and a ‘dissent’ letter suggest Trump has put NASA’s future in doubt

It remains an open question as to whether NASA and the U.S. space program will survive the Republican president’s second term ...

NASA’s Goddard Director Resigns Amid Budget Cuts and Workforce Shakeup

NASA is once again grappling with a leadership change as Makenzie Lystrup, the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, ...