NASA Begins Push to Slash Workforce with More Staff Buyouts, Early Retirements as Budget Cuts Loom

NASA begins push to slash workforce with more staff buyouts, early retirements as budget cuts loom

NASA put out a new call urging its workforce to leave the agency this week through employment buyouts as the U.S. space program faces huge budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.

NASA Appeals for Volunteers in Second Buyout as Budget Cuts Loom

The Artemis II core stage stands in front of the VAB earlier this year. Many fear budget cuts could put the Artemis Program in jeopardy. Photo: Charles Boyer/FMN NASA has extended a second offer to its workforce in an effort to trim staff amid sweeping budget cuts ahead of the federal fiscal year 2026. The agency emailed employees Monday, unveiling a new deferred resignation program (DRP) and voluntary retirement incentives, extending benefits t…

NASA Employees Receive Second Buyout Offer

After being spared the firing of more than 1,000 probationary employees in February, NASA is back in the crosshairs of a government-wide effort to shrink the federal workforce. First reported by Government Executive and NASAWatch, agency personnel on Monday received an email describing a deferred resignation program (DRP) and other opportunities for early voluntary retirement. NASA top brass sent out an initial DRP after President Donald Trump t…