The cuts were announced Tuesday in a memo to the staff by JPL Director Laurie Leshin. She said the layoffs will occur on Wednesday, when all JPL employees were instructed to work from home.

“This is a message I had hoped not to have to write.” This is the third round of layoffs at JPL this year, a reduction spurred primarily by major budgetary cuts to the Mars Sample Return ...

The news of the layoffs was announced by JPL officials, citing budgetary issues as the reason for the decision, according to a report by Space.com. The cuts will impact both technical and support ...