NASA embraced diversity. Trump’s DEI purge is hitting space scientists hard

A wide-angle shot of ten NASA astronaut candidates standing in a line and waving, with the US flag in the background.

NASA’s diverse astronaut corps was an example of the agency’s support for diversity and inclusion.Credit: James Blair/NASA/JSC In the corridors of NASA buildings across the United States, Pride flags and pictures celebrating women in science are being taken down. Scientists are adding space-mission stickers to their laptops to cover ones that displayed rainbows and other … Read more