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Subj: Alarm Over Reductions at Goddard Space Flight Center
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Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASAâ€Ös iconic Goddard Space
Flight Centerâ€Ös main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland â€ö the nerve center for
groundbreaking missions like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes â€ö
as more than a dozen buildings on the campus are being emptied and
padlocked during the federal shutdown, with very little notice to
employees, said four sources who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity
for fear of retribution. NASA leadership has pushed back against those
concerns.
In one instance, furloughed employees were given just days to temporarily
return to work and help empty entire buildings of highly specialized
equipment, according to sources and internal emails obtained by CNN. In the
communications, NASA managers wrote that equipment not moved in time â€ö
including one-of-a-kind hardware â€ö could be thrown away or donated.
*A Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a supernova explosion
designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82.*
*Photo Credit: NASA Goddard*
In a statement, a NASA spokesperson said the building closures are part of
a “strategic consolidation†plan mapped out by Goddard leaders that should
not impact ongoing projects.
One document reviewed by CNN, which was compiled by more than a dozen
Goddard workers concerned about the steps taken at the campus, states that
13 buildings are being shuttered, including about 100 laboratories. The
roughly 1,270-acre campus includes more than 30 large buildings and dozens
of smaller structures.
The changes described by sources have the space agencyâ€Ös engineers
concerned they could permanently lose access to equipment and facilities
that are crucial to keeping current and future projects on track.
*[ANS thanks the CNN for the above information. Read the full story at
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/science/nasa-goddard-building-closures-govern...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/science/nasa-goddard-building-closures-government-shutdown]*
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