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🤮 Die #NASA-Einheit #JPL streicht rund 550 Stellen, was etwa 11 % der Belegschaft entspricht.
Grund ist eine umfassende #Restrukturierung, die seit Juli vorbereitet wird. Ziel ist angeblich, sch…

The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2026 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) bill last evening including funding for #NASA and keeps the agency at roughly the same level as FY2025, $24.8 billion: https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/house-appropriators-approve-fy2026-budget-for-nasa/ - the House committee has a stronger emphasis on human exploration than its Senate counterpart, but the agency fares much better on both sides of Capitol Hill than it did in the president’s request.

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active #NASA space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/scientists-its-do-or-die-time-for-americas-primacy-exploring-the-solar-system/ - this year's budget expires at the end of this month, and Congress must act before October 1 to avert a government shutdown; if Congress passes a budget before then, it will most likely be in the form of a continuing resolution, an extension of this year's funding levels into the first few weeks or months of fiscal year 2026.

Ähm … hat Google grad Stress mit der Nasa oder so?
#google #nasa #dns

“The Destruction of NASA’s Mission” | Whistleblowers Reveal OMB’s Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency: #NASA Since Early Summer—Threatening Safety, Mission, Science: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/9/new-democratic-staff-report-direct-evidence-trump-administration-has-been-illegally-imposing-president-s-proposed-budget-cuts-at-nasa-since-early-summer-threatening-safety-mission-science -> https://bsky.app/profile/commerce.senate.gov/post/3lzyge7sr422e and https://bsky.app/profile/solarshea.bsky.social/post/3m2mxii7lkc2o

Direct Evidence Trump Administration Has Been Illegally Imposing President’s Proposed Budget Cuts at #NASA Since Early Summer—Threatening Safety, Mission, Science: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/9/new-democratic-staff-report-direct-evidence-trump-administration-has-been-illegally-imposing-president-s-proposed-budget-cuts-at-nasa-since-early-summer-threatening-safety-mission-science -> thread https://bsky.app/profile/commerce.senate.gov/post/3lzyge7sr422e

The super-successful #Juno #Jupiter orbiter may already be switched off, but #NASA won't say: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/nasas-juno-probe-orbiting-jupiter-may-have-come-to-an-end-but-no-one-can-confirm - the agency has extended Juno's mission multiple times, most recently in 2021, guaranteeing operations through Sept. 30, 2025; that date has now passed, and with the U.S. government shut down, there is no word yet on whether Juno will come out alive on the other side.