NASA is not immune to the sweeping hand of the incoming administration.
Following suit alongside other United States federal agencies, NASA has been instructed to close offices associated with diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives, and end any related programs. Employees of the space agency received a memo from acting NASA administrator Janet Petro on Wednesday (Jan. 22), issuing the directive in compliance with a pair of executive orders signed by President Trump during his first days in office.
