{"id":27443,"date":"2024-02-07T21:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/07\/nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-lays-off-8-of-workforce-over-budget-woes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:10:53","slug":"nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-lays-off-8-of-workforce-over-budget-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2024\/02\/07\/nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-lays-off-8-of-workforce-over-budget-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Lab lays off 8% of workforce over budget woes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to months of budget uncertainty and an unclear path forward for funding of a Mars mission in Congress, NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Lab said it\u2019s laying off 530 workers after exhausting other options for budget cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federally funded research and development center managed by Caltech issued a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/jpl-workforce-update\" target=\"_blank\"> grim memo <\/a>to its workforce on Feb. 6 notifying them of reductions to technical and support staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile we still do not have an FY24 appropriation or the final word from Congress on our Mars Sample Return budget allocation, we are now in a position where we must take further significant action to reduce our spending, which will result in layoffs of JPL employees and an additional release of contractors,\u201d Director Laurie Leshin said in the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An additional 40 contractors would also be let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most employees were told to work from home Wednesday in an effort to make further announcements less traumatic, Leshin added. Virtual meetings were held throughout the day updating team members on the plan with a subsequent emails notifying employees of their individual status, according to the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is by far the hardest action I have had to take since becoming director of JPL, and I know I join all of you in wishing it was not necessary,\u201d Leshin wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1964\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg?resize=768,503 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,670 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1006 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP16186734773587.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1341 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mission Control at work in the Space Flight Operations Facility prior to Juno mission at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif. on Monday, July 4, 2016. NASA&#8217;s Juno spacecraft will fire its main rocket engine late Monday to slow itself down from a speed of 150,000 mph (250,000 kph) and slip into orbit around Jupiter. The solar-powered spacecraft is spinning toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system. (AP Photo\/Richard Vogel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just days before, California lawmakers sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget opposing recent decisions to starve the <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mars-exploration\/missions\/mars-sample-return\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Sample Return mission<\/a> before a 2024 budget was even final. The mission would\u2019ve used a team of robotic systems and a rocket to collect and return rock and soil samples from the surface of Mars to Earth for analysis. A launch date has not been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next funding deadline for the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill is Friday, March 8. The <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.appropriations.house.gov\/files\/FY24-CJS-Explanatory-Materials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">House\u2019s explanatory statement of the bill <\/a>proposed $949 million for the MRS mission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/budget_fy2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">matching the President\u2019s 2024 budget <\/a>request. The Senate, however, came up short at $300 million. Yet NASA has already been instructed to act as though that budget shortfall was the final world, wrote California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla and Reps. Judy Chu and Adam Schiff in a Feb. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-urges-white-house-to-reverse-premature-budget-cuts-to-mars-sample-return-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">letter with 41 other lawmakers. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leshin said that was consistent with the low-end markups for NASA\u2019s budget and a 63% reduction from last fiscal year despite ongoing discussions for a 2024 budget. In preparation, the lab had already undergone hiring freezes, contract reductions and other budget cuts to cope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m extremely disappointed with these [NASA JPL] layoffs,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJudyChu\/status\/1755029579222200755?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> Rep. 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