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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.
NASA says a plane-sized asteroid will pass Earth next week. Here's what to know.
The asteroid is named 2025 OW and measures approximately 210 feet in length, according to NASA. It is set to pass Earth on ...
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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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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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.
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 ...
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, ...