NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees, the agency said on Monday.

Janet Petro, the acting director of NASA, announced the move Monday in a memo to staff obtained by USA TODAY, calling it a "phased reduction in force" that is "occurring in advance" of a Thursday ...

Top advisers in NASA’s Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid a government-wide downsizing effort ...

NASA chief scientist Katherine Calvin was laid off this week. NASA closed three offices this week, including the office of the Chief Scientist, which advised NASA leadership on science programs ...

REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo By Joey Roulette, Patrick Wingrove, Andrea Shalal NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and ...

(Reuters) - NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees, the agency ...

The first round notably eliminates the Office of the Chief Scientist, led by Katherine Calvin, a renowned climatologist who contributed to key UN climate reports. She and other US delegates were ...

Mike Haridopolos.) NASA is closing its Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy; the Office of the Chief Scientist; and a ...