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A hiring freeze wasn't enough to avoid layoffs after NASA ordered cuts to the MSR mission. Some 530 employees and 40 contractors will lose their jobs.

NASA cut hundreds of jobs Tuesday at one of its key laboratories that sends robots to Mars, despite dozens of lawmakers urging the agency and the White House…

LOS ANGELES – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced on Tuesday that it is slashing 530 employees, or roughly 8% of its workforce, due to uncertainty about its federal funding. The Pasadena-based research and development lab said the layoffs impact technical and support staff and approximately 40 contractors. “These are painful but necessary adjustments that will […]

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is poised to lay off 530 employees along with 40 contractors because the federally funded research and development

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is set to lay off more than 500 employees, according to an internal memo.

"These cuts are among the most challenging that we have had to make even as we have sought to reduce our spending in recent months."

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced it was laying off 530 on staff or about 8% of its workforce on Tuesday after expected congressional budget cuts kneecapped one of its biggest endeavors, the Mars Sample Return mission. The Pasadena, California, institution is one of NASA’s major science mission hubs, the home to the majority of Mars missions, including the Perseverance rover currently ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to let go 530 workers and 40 contractors because it has not secure funding for the 2024 fiscal year, officials said.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced it will lay off 530 employees, about 8% of its staff, due to a lack of funding.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena announced it will lay off about 530 people as a cost-cutting measure.