Budget cuts to Mars project prompt hundreds of JPL layoffs
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.
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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.