Activities at NASA's flagship science center are coming under a Congressional magnifying glass, and lawmakers are calling for the space agency's Office of Inspector General (OIG) to get involved.

A letter from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, demands that NASA must cease facility closures taking place during the government shutdown at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, and that the agency must immediately halt its consolidation activities there. The letter cites a previous Space.com investigation that revealed NASA has been prematurely and illegally implementing President Trump's 2026 budget request before it has been approved by Congress by dismantling and closing key laboratories and offices at God

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