More than 20% of staff file resignations amid downsizing and unclear direction, local media reports - Anadolu Ajansı

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave the space agency through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, NASA said on Saturday.

NASA is slashing nearly more than 20 percent of its workforce as part of President Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government since returning to the White House. Nearly 4,000 workers have

AS NASA moves towards looming budget cuts, the agency still lacks a permanent leader. Here's why the search for administrator is taking so long.

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

NASA has lost about 500 people via normal attrition as well since Trump took office in January. Counting those losses, NASA's workforce will shrink to about 14,000 by Jan. 9, 2026, when the employees who said yes during the DRP's second phase will come off the rolls, Warner said in the statement.

The Senate appropriations committee challenges Trump’s 2026 budget, aiming to protect NASA Science and NSF from major cuts.

Nearly 300 past and present NASA employees have signed a letter urging the space agency’s interim chief to resist the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts.

A draft House spending bill would keep NASA’s overall budget flat in fiscal year 2026 but shift money to exploration from science and other accounts.

According to the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Centennial State is America’s second largest space economy and number one per capita in aerospace employment.