About 4,000 employees, or more than 20% of NASA’s workforce applied to leave the agency, NASA confirmed CBS News on Friday.
About 3,870 employees have applied to leave NASA in two rounds through the deferred resignation program of Trump administration, NASA revealed.
The application deadline for the program is Friday’s midnight.
With those postponed resignations, NASA’s civil servant will shrink from around 18,000 to 14,000 personnel. This figure also includes about 500 employees who were lost through normal attraction, the agency said.
NASA spokesman Cheryl Warner said in a statement, “Security remains a top priority for our agency as we balance the need to become a more well -organized and more skilled organization and work to ensure that we are fully capable of chasing a golden age of exploration and innovation, including the moon and Mars.”
According to NASA, around 870 employees applied to leave during the first round of the deferred resignation program, and about 3,000 employees during the second round.
Definished resignation program One was Purchase program The Federal Government introduced the government’s efficiency in an attempt to reduce the cost at the beginning of the Trump administration and to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
A white house budget proposal Released NASA’s funding in May would show a deduction of about 25% for FY 2026, which was about $ 24 billion to $ 18 billion.
NASA has also been prevented from a leadership crisis in recent months. In December, President Trump nominated Jarade ISARAD ISARED ISARED ISARED, a friend of former Dogi Head Elon Musk, to serve as the next Administrator of NASA. Musk’s spacex Many NASA contracts,
However, in late May, Mr. Trump Drawn Isaacman’s nomination was done just before the Senate confirmation vote, after which the days were followed by the days By a public result Between Mr. Trump and Musk.
earlier this month, President announced Transport Secretary Scene Dafi will temporarily lead the agency.
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