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flag NASA is closing its historic Goddard library, disposing of irreplaceable space archives amid budget-driven cuts.

flag NASA is closing its main research library at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, as part of a 2022-planned consolidation that will shutter 13 buildings and over 100 labs by March 2026. flag The move, driven by budget cuts and deferred maintenance, aims to save $73.8 million annually. flag The library, which held irreplaceable physical records from Apollo and Soviet space missions, will dispose of tens of thousands of undigitized books, journals, and technical documents. flag Critics, including scientists and lawmakers, say the closure—accelerated during a federal shutdown—threatens institutional memory and future research, despite NASA’s shift to digital resources like an “Ask a Librarian” service.

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