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Safety is Being Compromised in Every Way, Warn NASA Staffers Who Signed a Protest Letter

Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.

A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency

Makenzie Lystrup’s departure from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL.

In scathing letter, NASA workers rebuke ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at agency

Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave ...

NASA loses another senior official as tension about the agency's future grows

The departures are playing out as NASA and other government agencies contend with significant cuts to funding and personnel.

As White House talks about impounding NASA funding, Congress takes the threat seriously

A key source told Ars that the recent budget action in the House and Senate indicates that legislators are taking the ...

NASA’s Goddard Director Resigns Amid Budget Cuts and Workforce Shakeup

NASA is once again grappling with a leadership change as Makenzie Lystrup, the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, ...
Opinion

NASA’s summer of discontent may be coming to an end

NASA has had a difficult early summer, between a proposed budget that would eviscerate the space agency’s science programs and President Trump’s sudden withdrawal of billionaire private space traveler ...

Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them

On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie Lystrup will leave her post as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday, ...