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Keith’s note: NASA held an internal all hands briefing this morning. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said that is giving a lot of authority to the new NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya. Duffy is not sure how long he will be acting Administrator since there are no plans in place but that could change. Duffy said that American needs to get to the Moon before China and then go on […] The post NASA Briefed Employees This Morning (Audio) appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: OK so I am ‘back’. Thanks for all the kind words, support etc. Let’s get down to business. The month of September is going to be the hardest yet for NASA. Multiple budget profiles will collide with one another – in an inelastic fashion. Missions will be on hold and operate in holding pattern mode. Other missions will simply die at the hands of budgeteers. And the people […] The post NASA Forecast For September 2025 appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Oh yes, In addition to erasing NASA’s Union rights, this Executive Order says that NASA is “hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work. It is also hereby determined that Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, cannot be applied to these agencies and agency subdivisions in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations.” No mention of that […] The post NASA Is...| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
The White House has issued an Executive Order that strips the ability of NASA employees (and employees at other agencies) to organize unions.| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Last week there was a NASA JPL town hall. The ongoing effort to unionize JPL was a topic of discussion. Shortly after that an anti-union email was sent by management to all employees. Here is the JPL Workers United website: https://jplworkersunited.org The post Is JPL Anti-Union? appeared first on NASA Watch.| Activism Archives - NASA Watch
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Keith’s note: This is the internal RIF planning chart circulating within NASA the Human Health and Performance Contract community. It specifically relates to contractor employees – but it mirrors plans being developed in other parts of the agency. Note that this is being explicitly done via “NASA Directive: Offices, Programs, and Projects to align with the FY26 Presidential Budget Request of $18.8B” – and not due to any budget agreed […] The post Insight Into NASA’s Contractor R...| Personnel News Archives - NASA Watch
Today, Karen Feldstein, associate administrator for international and interagency relations, announced she is leaving the agency after more than 30 years of distinguished public service| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: I posted a picture the other day. It was sent to me by 3 people with no known/cited source. So I cropped it and put NASAWatch.com on it so there’d be some traceability and show that it was not A.I. generated. I thought it was rather poignant – as have thousands of people who have seen it. Today I discovered via a nastygram on LinkedIn that the source […] The post Pardon My Rant appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: the occupant’s last whiteboard message is a common sight across NASA. A wealth of expertise and dedication is being mindlessly forced out, undermining NASA’s leadership in space exploration. Ad Astra Per Aspera y’all. Larger image below. The post You Can Leave NASA But NASA Never Leaves You appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: WARN notices were sent to some Human Space Flight Technical Integration Contract (HSFTIC) employees. Integrated Mission Operations Contract (IMOC) folks received generic 60 day WARN notices last week and there will be individual layoff notices sent out at the beginning of September to the specific folks who are being laid off. This is all being done according to the President’s Budget Request (PBR) for FY 2026 – even […] The post NASA Contractor Layoff Update appeared fi...| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s Update: I will been CNN at 6:37 pm EDT to talk about Jim Lovell. Keith’s note: I met Jim Lovell a bunch of times. He was such a nice guy. One time we were both on MSNBC and the moderator asked us about the whole ‘spending money in space – problems on Earth’ thing. I said “Hey Jim – did you ever see a 7-11 or a gas station […] The post Jim Lovell appeared first on NASA Watch.| Personnel News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Multiple sources have mentioned ongoing discussion at NASA HQ, NASA Goddard, and NASA Wallops that consider the option of moving toward a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated (GOCO) model for the future of Wallops. The post Is NASA Wallops Going GOCO? appeared first on NASA Watch.| Personnel News Archives - NASA Watch
This is really starting to get petty Sean and Brian| NASA Watch
The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on the passing of famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. He passed away Aug. 7, in Lake| NASA
Keith’s note: The following was issued by House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Democrats: Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Ranking Member Valerie Foushee (D-NC) wrote a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Interim Administrator Sean Duffy warning him of the dire consequences to U.S. leadership in space if the administration illegally impounds congressionally appropriated FY25 funds for NASA. More below ...| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: I don’t want to freak people out, but there is a question that has been troubling me. A lot of media focus has been on departing NASA civil servants (which sucks) but there may be massive contractor employee layoffs as well (which equally sucks). If things stay on the path that they seem to be on something needs to break soon. The post Heads Up Contractor Employees: WARN Act appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: This memo was just sent out to NASA SMD employees (and others). It opens with “To ensure the continued safety of our workforce and compliance with security measures, the NASA Headquarters Protective Services Office will be reinstating random searches and inspections of individuals, belongings, and vehicles…” A day or so after NASA scared 4,000+ civil servants out of their jobs (and the contractor count is still TBD), the […] The post Random Employee Searches To Resume ...| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Kevin Coggins (LinkedIn), the current AA for NASA SCaN, who was trying to be noticed as a possible administrator nominee, is supposedly going to be the next Associate Administrator of NASA. Vanessa Wyche is the Acting Associate Administrator so I guess she goes back to JSC where Stephen Koerner is Acting Director. With Coggins moving up that means he’ll be with other Florida natives – de facto NASA […] The post Another Florida Man On NASA’s 9th Floor? appeared first on...| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
This is not a NASA website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work – for you.| NASA Watch
This is not a NASA website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work – for you.| NASA Watch
This is not a NASA website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work – for you.| NASA Watch
This is not a NASA website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work – for you.| NASA Watch