According to the agency’s spokesperson Cheryl Warner, NASA seeks to "balance the need to become a more streamlined and more efficient organization and work to ensure we remain fully capable of pursuing a Golden Era of exploration and innovation, including to the Moon and Mars"

The US space agency said nearly 4,000 of its staff were expected to leave as part of the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts.

According to the agency’s spokesperson Cheryl Warner, NASA seeks to "balance the need to become a more streamlined and more efficient organization and work to ensure we remain…