WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - NASA on Friday said it received a one-week deadline extension to submit its plans for mass layoffs to the top U.S. personnel agency given the number of high ...

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - (This March 14 story has been refiled to remove the redundant 'on Sunday' in paragraph 5) NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the ...

NASA told its staff Monday that the space agency will start cutting its ranks − including the office of its chief scientist − as part of a "broader governmentwide restructuring effort.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recommended hastening the end of the International Space Station on his social media site X, arguing that the laboratory should be taken out of orbit within two years instead ...

Unlike workers at many other federal agencies this week, probationary employees at NASA were not terminated on Tuesday. For much of the day employees at the space agency anticipated a directive ...

"From developing small robots that could swim through the oceans of other worlds to growing space habitats from fungi, this program continues to change the possible." NASA has awarded funds to 15 ...

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NASA confirmed Thursday that the space agency may have sidestepped the sweeping layoffs it was expected to implement this week, potentially saving hundreds of newly hired employees and career ...

NASA has abruptly closed its chief-scientist office, along with 2 other offices, firing 23 employees. The 10 March action leaves the agency without a way of feeding independent science advice to ...

Rocket with replacement crew for NASA astronauts stranded for nine months finally launches A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Florida on Friday with four crew on board. It means ...

A NASA planetary defense mission will ride to space atop a SpaceX rocket two and a half years from now. The agency announced on Friday (Feb. 21) that it has selected Elon Musk's company to launch ...

The Oregon Zoo has been getting a lot of attention for its new baby elephant Tula-Tu. A ton of work goes into keeping the elephants at the zoo healthy and happy, but the zoo does so much more to ...