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

Taton Dorfman, 29, also used social media to tell others he planned to die by suicide, a complaint filed in Pima County Justice Court shows.

Art and science share stage in anticipation of spacecraft's arrival near asteroid Bennu. OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid as UA scientists begin 18-month work to return sample.