NASA To Join White House Tech Force Program

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Irene Klotz
January 28, 2026

OPM Director Scott Kupor during a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 16.

Credit: OPM

NASA is joining a White House initiative to recruit tech-savvy individuals to spend two years as government employees—with annual salaries expected to range between $150,000-$200,000—and then possibly continue their careers in private industry. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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