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NASA losing nearly 4,000 employees to Trump administration's 'deferred resignation' program

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.

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NASA Says Thousands of Employees Set to Resign from Space Agency

NASA will lose roughly 3,870 employees through a voluntary resignation program, part of a broad push from President Donald Trump’s administration to reduce the federal workforce.

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NASA slashes workforce by 20% as Trump cuts space agency's budget

Around 3,870 individuals are expected to depart the agency but that number could change in the coming days, a NASA spokesperson said on Friday

NASA, International Space Station and Crew

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NASA SpaceX Crew-11 ready for liftoff: Pittsburgh-area astronaut headed to International Space Station

Mike Fincke, of Emsworth, Allegheny County, is serving as the pilot for NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 on a mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA and SpaceX Ready Crew-11 Astronauts for Historic Liftoff

On July 26, 2025, the four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission made their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a crucial milestone ahead of their scheduled liftoff to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 31.

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NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of upcoming SpaceX launch to ISS

The Crew-11 astronauts arrived in Florida on July 26. The four will launch to the ISS on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than July 31.

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Start your week smart: NASA’s future, Starvation in Gaza, Stabbing incident, Extreme heat risk, Swimming showdown

Back in March, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after gaining international attention as ...

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More than 20% of NASA's workforce requests to leave agency

About 3,870 employees have applied to depart NASA over two rounds through the Trump administration's deferred resignation ...

Trump considering cuts to NASA IV&V center in Fairmont

President Donald Trump recommended Congress cut funding to NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation Facility in Fairmont by two thirds. NASA’s 2026 discretionary budget request ...

The NASA exodus

At least 1 in 5 NASA staff — mostly top scientists, engineers and senior managers — plan to announce their departure by a ...

When will NASA get a permanent leader and why is it taking so long?

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

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NASA says 20% of workforce to depart space agency

About 20% of the employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are set to depart the space agency, a ...

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NASA crew readies for ISS mission launch on Thursday

An international crew is readying for Thursday's planned launch of a NASA mission to the International Space Station after ...

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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.

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SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather (video)

One of these ride-along NASA efforts is the Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) SmallSat, which will ...

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NASA probes will study how solar wind triggers potentially dangerous "space weather"

Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...