NASA layoffs hit hard in 2025 as office closures and budget cuts threaten the agency’s future. How big is the impact of job losses?

NASA is closing three offices and laying off their staff as a first step in broader workforce reductions at the agency ordered by the Trump administration.

NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees, the agency said on Monday. NASA's acting administrator Janet Petro told employees by email on Monday the Office of the Chief Scientist,

NASA, the world’s largest space agency, has begun layoffs at the direction of the US President Donald Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). These layoffs have led to the closure of several important offices,