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More than 3,800 NASA employees are departing the agency via voluntary separation programs, as part of a larger federal ...
The departures are playing out as NASA and other government agencies contend with significant cuts to funding and personnel.
NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science missions and activities.
The budget proposes a $6 billion cut to the agency, 24% less than NASA’s current $24.8 billion budget for 2025.
As part of an overall proposed NASA budget cut under President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request, Johnson IV &V would see its funding fall from its current $43.3 million (from ...
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At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.
NASA’s 2026 budget proposal includes a 47 percent cut to its science division. A planned June 12 public meeting has been postponed pending internal briefings.
"Honestly, it's been a little devastating," Kevin Hardegree-Ullman, a scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology, told Space.com. "NASA always has a ...
Missions could slip ‘well into the 2030s’ ESA said at a press conference last week that 19 of its research projects might be impacted by the proposed NASA budget cuts.
The budget request slashes NASA total funding by nearly 25%—from $24.9 billion to $18.8 billion. Most of the cuts are made by eliminating a significant portion of the agency's science programs.