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Space on MSNNASA losing nearly 4,000 employees to Trump administration's 'deferred resignation' program
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have chosen to accept the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" option, reducing the agency's workforce by more than 20%.
Six months after his second inauguration, not only US President Donald Trump’s ambitious vision of sending Astronauts to Mars seems to be increasingly questioning. The question arises whether NASA survives as a whole.
This all comes a few weeks after the Trump administration's 2026 federal government budget proposal writ large, which includes a full 24% funding cut for NASA. Latest News
The cuts follow NASA's FY 2026 Budget Request, which it released in May.The request puts the agency's projected FY 2026 expenditure just shy of $18.9 billion—nearly a 24% drop from this fiscal ...
Most employees leaving are in GS-13 to GS-15 positions, senior-level government ranks, the report said, adding that the agency has offered staff early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations.