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Uncertainty at NASA; Nomination Pulled, Steep Cuts Proposed

  • President Donald Trump withdrew Jared Isaacman's nomination to be NASA administrator days before his confirmation vote in 2025.
  • The withdrawal followed the release of a proposed budget that would cut NASA's funding to $18.8 billion for 2026 from $24.9 billion in 2025, representing the smallest budget since 1961.
  • The proposed cuts target space science programs, human spaceflight including ending the Space Launch System after Artemis III, cancelling the Lunar Gateway, and reducing NASA’s workforce by one-third.
  • The Planetary Society described the cuts as an "extinction-level event," and Senator Tim Kaine condemned the reductions as harming NASA and its Eastern Shore facilities, pledging to fight them.
  • NASA faces a tumultuous future without a confirmed administrator amid budget battles, with Congress holding final authority over funding and program decisions in the months ahead.
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spacepolicyonline.com broke the news in on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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