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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 550 workers

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Monday that it will cut around 550 jobs — around 10% of its staff. In a statement posted online, the lab’s director, Dave Gallagher, said the layoffs are ...
Reuters

Former NASA nominee Jared Isaacman in talks to become agency's chief

Oct 14 - Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and Elon Musk ally who was removed from consideration to lead NASA earlier this year, met with Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy last week as a ...
Space.com

NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

Approximately 550 employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made on the agency's website on Monday (Oct. 13). The news comes in the midst of an ...
Indiatimes

NASA shuts down: Why the oldest space agency has stopped functioning amid crucial operations

NASA scales back most operations due to a US government funding deadlock. This action impacts many ongoing projects. Essential tasks like monitoring astronauts on the ISS continue. However, research ...
The Hill

Bill Nye visits DC to fight proposed cuts to NASA budget

Former television host Bill Nye “The Science Guy” visited Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate against President Trump’s budget for NASA. He’s the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit space ...
Space.com

Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really 'crash' in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...
Forbes

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Cutting 550 Jobs—But Not Due To Government Shutdown, Director Says

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 550 workers, the California research lab said, in a restructuring move that its director told employees was not related to the ongoing government ...
News 13

NASA to retire moon rocket after Artemis III mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Citing the proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration, NASA announced on Friday that after the Artemis III mission — where Americans will return to the moon — the rocket ...
Tuko News on MSN

Karen Nyamu Leads Mourners in Singing Raila Odinga's Famous Tibim Song

Nominated senator Karen Nyamu moved mourners at Raila Odinga’s Bondo rural home after leading them in singing his iconic ...
CNN

NASA has a wild plan to return astronauts to the moon. Here’s why experts are starting to worry

Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike. But ...
Gizmodo

JPL Hit With Another 550 Layoffs as NASA’s Budget Crisis Deepens

The 11% staffing cut is the fourth round of layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory since January 2024. And we’re supposed to beat China back to the Moon? Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes ...
The Hill

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory laying off hundreds

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., said it’s laying off 550 employees Tuesday as “part of a reorganization that began in July and not related to the current government ...