HAMPTON, Va. NASA is positioned to lose a quarter of its budget and nearly a third of its workforce under a government proposal seeking to slash federal spending. For NASA Langley Research Center, the proposal includes cutting nearly 700 employees and impacts to research in things like aeronautics, which is research related to air and space flight, and earth science, which includes studying the atmosphere, oceans, land and ice.

"With a leaner budget across all of government, we are all taking a closer look at how we work, where we invest, and how we adjust our methods to accomplish our mission," NASA Administrator Janet E. Petro shared in a message within NASA's FY 2026 Budget Technical Supplement proposal. "With this budget, we aim to shape a Golden Age of innovation and exploration."

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