Nearly 4,000 NASA employees are leaving under a Trump-era deferred resignation program, reducing the agency’s workforce by 20 ...

NASA’s workforce is undergoing one of its largest reductions in decades, with nearly 4,000 employees choosing to resign through a deferred departure program backed by the Trump administration.

Current and former employees at NSF, NASA, NIH, and the EPA have signed onto letters enumerating their concerns.

Almost 4,000 NASA employees have volunteered to leave their positions through two Trump administration separation programs.