NASA placed a new call that encourages workers to leave the agency this week to a new offer for the job dealers suggested by the Trump admin.
Of memos sent to employees on Monday (June 9), corridor Officials informed the rollout of a new early retirement and withdrawal of the launch program trying to cut off positions from the space agency.
“NASA continues to dismiss this method of streamlining workers and reduces the overall headcount,” NASA statement said to a statement. “It provides employees to the opportunity to leave as the agency remains fully maintaining its mission. Almighty in these programs depending on the individual employee status.”
Efforts – which includes a preferred launch program, voluntary first authority to retire and voluntary incentive incentive program – heels come to the huge Suggested budget cuts for NASA on 2026 by the Trump administration. Those who seek to reduce the total budget of NASA by 24% and its workers from the present 17,391 employees up to 11,853, A 32% decline. The budget request is still focused on reviewing Congress and has not been implemented.
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NASA employees through July 25 to decide whether to participate in any staff reduction programs. Anyone who involves the preferred launch program is likely to stop working shortly after and payable until January 9, 2026, NASA officials said.
“Employees can be eligible to start administration for seven to 14 days of signing agreement with partition, with most participants who have completed their work in Agen. 9, 2026,” Warner’s letter. “In certain circumstances, due to critical need, the agency may approve the administrative date of employee to April 1, 2026, and end their employment at September 30, 2026.”
These NASA’s efforts follow many rounds of leave from other agencies (almost 75,000 government workers Taken launch offers general) and changes to the staff of the main agency centers, such as Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, that only remote policy has ended Within nearly 5,500 employees, with most staff return to office work or leave. (JPL, NASA leading center for Robotic Planetary Exploration, handled by the California Institute of Technology for the agency.)
Attempts to make a reason Invinced for thousands of test employees Atat in NASA and other government agencies, according to media reports.
This week, the space agency begins to consolidate social media accounts associated with found missions in space, as part of a discourse for how it is about public discoveries.
“With over 300 Account Accounts Allolds Act Prount Platforms, the ones are united with our social media in the story of NASA’s story to Stechian Stevens Social media says.