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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 ...
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Nearly 300 NASA scientists sign 'Voyager Declaration' to protest Trump space science budget cuts

Nearly 300 current and former NASA employees — including astronauts, engineers and scientists — have signed the "Voyager ...
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NASA Staff Rebuke White House Cuts in Rare Public Dissent

A declaration of dissent from past and present NASA employees warns that science and safety are at risk and joins similar ...

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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Makenzie Lystrup stepping down as director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA announced on Monday (July 21) that Makenzie Lystrup, director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, will leave ...
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Resignations and a ‘dissent’ letter suggest Trump has put NASA’s future in doubt

It remains an open question as to whether NASA and the U.S. space program will survive the Republican president’s second term ...

NASA to launch 2 new satellites that will help forecast solar storms

The same charged particles from the Sun’s atmosphere responsible for the northern lights can also damage Earth’s electrical ...

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, ...