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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NASA’s budget crisis presents an opportunity for change
When the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its top-level budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on May 2, NASA and the space industry feared the worst. […] The post NASA’s budget crisis presents an opportunity for change appeared first on SpaceNews.


NASA is facing the biggest crisis in its history
Widespread proposed budget cuts have left the US space agency facing an uncertain future at the same time as NASA’s intended new leader has been withdrawn by the Trump administration
Uncertainty at NASA; Nomination pulled, steep cuts proposed
Choices made by the Trump administration and Congress in coming months will likely shape what NASA will look like in the years to come. Until then, NASA, like many government organizations, faces a period of uncertainty.
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