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.

"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 ...

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.

The budget proposes a $6 billion cut to the agency, 24% less than NASA’s current $24.8 billion budget for 2025.

“We are going to evolve to be a leaner more agile agency,” said a speaker at the town hall. According to the proposed budget, in total, NASA would see a 24% cut to its budget across the ...

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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.

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 ...

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.

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.