NASA Staff Protests Cuts

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'NASA is under attack.' Space agency employees and lawmakers protest mass layoffs, science cuts amid budget turmoil

NASA scientists and engineers are demanding Congress help turn down the heat on an agency whose current leadership, they say, is burning down American dominance in space and science.

Science Friday · 1d

NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter

Space.com on MSN · 4d

Nearly 300 NASA scientists sign 'Voyager Declaration' to protest Trump space science budget cuts

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The NASA exodus

At least 1 in 5 NASA staff — mostly top scientists, engineers and senior managers — plan to announce their departure by a Friday deadline, according to documents I obtained this week.

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NASA slashing over 20 percent of workforce

EconoTimes · 18h

NASA Faces Major Workforce Reduction as 20% of Employees Prepare to Leave

NASA employees speak out against proposed agency cuts

Hundreds of current and former NASA employees protest budget cuts, warning they harm safety, national security, and scientific progress.

NASA Staff To Mark Moon Landing Anniversary with a Protest Against Trump

The White House's 2026 budget proposal threatens dozens of active and upcoming science missions designed to explore the cosmos.

Scientific American4d

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

Space on MSN8d

NASA workers plan 'Moon Day' protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. 'This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.'

Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.

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NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce

The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce—at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the moon and Mars.

Space.com on MSN16h

NASA losing nearly 4,000 employees to Trump administration's 'deferred resignation' program

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have chosen to accept the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" option, reducing the agency's workforce by more than 20%.