Mission Interrupted: The Economic Aftermath of Job Losses at NASA Glenn Research Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-10-2025

Publication Title

Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy

Research Center

Center for Economic Development

Abstract

In May of 2025, the Trump Administration announced proposed budget cuts to several government Agencies and departments, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The proposed reduction for NASA amounts to a 24% agency reduction. Reductions to each of the ten (10) main NASA research facilities across the United States vary. The NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, will receive a budget decrease of 38% and an employee-mandated cut of 554 civil service employees. Over the past 20 years, the Center for Economic Development (CED) at the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University has been tasked with executing an economic impact analysis for the NASA Glenn Research Center, providing CED with an understanding of the facility’s previous economic performance and budgetary information. This paper will explore the ramifications of such budgetary decreases and employee loss for the State of Ohio. Over $101.8M will be lost in labor income and value added from the job loss. The direct loss in output of over $143.4M.

Original Citation

Blazek, Kristen, and Molly Schnoke. 2026. “Mission Interrupted: The Economic Aftermath of Job Losses at NASA Glenn Research Center.” Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy 56 (1): 70–77.

Volume

56

Issue

1

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