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Trump Executive Order Quietly Declared That NASA Is Now a Spy Agency

Trump Executive Order Quietly Declared That NASA Is Now a Spy Agency
science9/16/2025

The Trump administration quietly issued an executive order late last month, declaring that NASA will primarily be a national intelligence and security agency going forward. It's a major departure for the agency, which has historically focused on space exploration, as well as space and Earth sciences over its 67-year lifespan. Trump's executive order added NASA to the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS), excluding it from collective bargaining representation. In simple ter

The Trump administration issued an executive order late last month, quietly declaring that NASA will operate as a national intelligence and security agency going forward. The order stipulates that the agency will now "have as a primary function intel... [2934 chars]