KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Nearly 1,000 employees have accepted resignation offers, according to NASA late Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. space agency.

The budget proposes the end of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule after the Artemis III moon-landing mission.

The Air Force contract modification awarded to Lockheed covers Lots 22 through 26 of JASSM and Lots 9 through 12 of LRASM missiles.