Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center director, Makenzie Lystrup, will leave her position on August 1, following a significant budget cut proposed by the Trump administration. Goddard, with over 8,000 employees and a $4.7 billion budget, oversees major projects like the James Webb and Hubble telescopes, as well as the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

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