Nearly 300 current and former NASA employees rebuked the Trump administration's "dismantling cuts and devastating attacks" in an open letter shared Monday.The big picture: The federal budget for fiscal year 2026 cuts NASA's science spending by 47%,

The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts that would halt many science missions.

Declaration of dissent, which warns that science and safety are at risk, joins similar documents from staff at the EPA and the NIH.