The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a leading center for robotic space exploration run by NASA and Caltech, announced layoffs of around 325 employees, about 5 percent of its workforce. This comes after JPL previously cut 8 percent of its staff this past February because of budget constraints.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reduces workforce by 5% due to budget constraints, affecting major projects and U.S. space leadership goals.

Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the lab will lay 325 employees off, representing about 5 percent of the workforce at the California-based laboratory that leads the development of robotic space probes for NASA.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's research center responsible for robotic space missions, will lay off more workers before the year ends due to budget constraints. JPL Director Laurie Leshin has announced in a memo addressed to employees that the reduction will affect 325 people,

The layoffs come several months after nearly 600 were let go in an action officials said was due to budget constraints.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off about 325 employees, or 5% of its workforce, as the California-based research and development center deals with funding challenges for the upcoming year.