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NASA Workforce Changes Chart

Bar chart of relative change of workforce per year.

Annual change of full-time equivalent (FTE) workforce at NASA. Note that the reductions in the 1990s were achieved via attrition and incentivized buy-outs. Credit: Casey Dreier/The Planetary Society. Assembled from: NASA Historical Data Book Volumes 1, 4, 6, & 7; Presidential Budget Requests FYs 2005 - 2026, OPM.gov.

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