NASA, Trump and Indian Space Research Organisation
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Hundreds of current and former NASA employees protest budget cuts, warning they harm safety, national security, and scientific progress.
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
Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.
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Space.com on MSNNASA losing nearly 4,000 employees to Trump administration's 'deferred resignation' programNASA 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.
Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave risk to astronauts.
The White House's 2026 budget proposal threatens dozens of active and upcoming science missions designed to explore the cosmos.