The departures are playing out as NASA and other government agencies contend with significant cuts to funding and personnel.

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have chosen to accept the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" option, reducing the ...

NASA senior staff are being offered the opportunity to leave voluntarily before the axes start swinging, and it seems likely that thousands will take the escape hatch.

The documents point to 2,145 forthcoming senior-level resignations as of July 9. A majority of those resignations are among employees at the GS-13 and GS-14 levels, which are reserved for technical ...

Most employees leaving are in GS-13 to GS-15 positions, senior-level government ranks, the report said, adding that the agency has offered staff early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations.