The fight over NASA's premier center for space and Earth sciences trudges on, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill call for a formal investigation into the closing of critical campus facilities during the government shutdown.

In a letter sent today (Nov. 21), Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a top Democrat on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and 15 other members of Congress, ask NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) to begin an audit into ongoing lab closures and relocations at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, that began in September. The letter cites past Space.com reporting and NASA employee accounts that assert NASA's actions are causing irreparable harm to critical projects and are crippling the center's ability to fulfill its mission.

The request follows a N

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