NASA Goddard’s shrinking workforce could stifle future space missions, experts say

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may be able to operate for far longer than originally planned. A highly accurate first course correction, combined with several other fuel savings, is now expected to more than double the mission’s potential lifetime. “As a result of…

2025 was a brutal year of budget cuts and workforce attrition at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the home base for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Experts worry Goddard—and NASA’s space science—may never recover