JPL Layoffs Affect 5% Workforce

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 325 employees, or roughly 5% of its workforce.

The layoffs will go into effect on Wednesday ( Nov. 13 ) JPL , which manages many of NASA 's high-profile robotic missions, also conducted a round of layoffs in February .

The cuts were spurred, in part, by a reduction in funding for Mars sample return.

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