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NASA is facing a significant exodus of experienced personnel due to early retirements, buyouts, and deferred resignations, impacting core mission areas like science and human spaceflight. This loss of managerial and technical expertise is driven by proposed budget cuts and workforce reduction efforts,
The departures come in the wake of a proposed White House budget for 2026 that would cut NASA’s funding by 25 percent and reduce its workforce by over 5,000 employees. If approved by Congress, these cuts would leave the agency operating with its smallest budget and staff levels since the early 1960s, POLITICO noted.
Last week, seven former heads of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate signed a joint letter to Congress condemning the White House’s suggested 47% cuts to NASA science activities in its 2026 budget proposal.
Over 2,000 senior NASA employees are leaving the space agency amid proposed budget cuts, potentially jeopardizing ambitious plans for lunar and Martian
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Futurism on MSNMore Than 2,100 NASA Staff Are Getting GuttedA massive round of layoffs is gutting some of the highest-level members of NASA as Trump continues gutting federal government programs.
Investors seem to think the same, as the California-based company announced an impressive $187 million Series C round of funding on Thursday. This brings the company's total amount of money raised since its founding in 2021 to $325 million.
NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon before the end of this decade, and it's using VR technology to get ready.
NASA has shared detailed insights on how space travel affects the human body, from radiation exposure to gravity changes. NASA is preparing astronauts to not only survive but thrive on long-duration journeys to the Moon and Mars.
Senator Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee which oversees NASA's budget, has supported Artemis in the past, so it is not certain that NASA's budget will be cut by as much as the Trump administration's proposal by the October 1 deadline.
NASA has listed the five largest dangers to humans in space. The difficulties are categorised under the term "RIDGE".