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FY 2026 NASA Workforce Cuts

A line graph of NASA's total workforce over time, showing the FY 2026 budget proposal's proposed workforce levels as the lowest amount since FY 1960.

Under the FY 2026 White House budget proposal, NASA's civil servant workforce (as measured by FTEs, or Full-Time Equivalent hours) would fall to its lowest levels since FY 1960.

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