NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5945x3963+0+0/resize/5945x3963!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F5f%2Fab7eaca44aef9c6b936c0beb059a%2Fap26240461968113.jpg' alt='Technicians connect the inner and outer segments of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2025 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.'/><p>NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.</p><p>(Image credit: Jolearra Tshiteya)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5964919' />