US EditionTrump Administration Proposes Largest Ever Cut To NASA’s Budget — And Eyes Mars
- On May 2, 2025, the Trump administration proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA’s 2026 budget, reducing funding to $18.8 billion across the U.S.
- The budget cut reflects a shift in priorities to retire the Space Launch System rocket, Orion capsule, Gateway station, and Mars Sample Return mission after Artemis 3.
- The proposal reallocates over $7 billion to lunar exploration and includes a $1 billion increase for Mars-focused programs, while slashing space and Earth science funding.
- Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro warned the budget would force termination of multiple unaffordable missions and require workforce reductions amid fiscal constraints.
- If approved, this would be the largest single-year NASA funding cut in history, significantly impacting research, international partnerships, and ongoing contracts.
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The Brunswick NewsCommentary: To dumbly go where no space budget has gone before
Reports that the White House may propose nearly a 50% cut to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate are both mind-boggling and, if true, nothing short of disastrous. To make those cuts happen — a total of $3.6 billion — NASA would…
NASA faces stinging funding cuts under Trump’s 2026 budget proposal
The NewsUS President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal includes a 24% cut in funding for NASA that would see several of its flagship programs scrapped.Among them are the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft: Designed to return humans to the Moon, both vehicles have been widely criticized for running over budget and behind schedule. The administration’s proposal notes that the SLS alone is 140% over budget, yet has only ever flown to space …
US plans to end International Space Station before 2030
A federal road map calls for reduced staffing and an expanded role for private companies in space operations. The US government has confirmed it will begin winding down operations on the International Space Station (ISS), with the goal of retiring the orbiting lab by 2030. The decision is included in the White House's Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request released on Friday. NASA first detailed the plan to decommission the ISS in Decembe…
Trump’s 2026 NASA budget would slash ISS crew and allocate more money for Elon
The Trump administration has released a proposal to cut about a quarter of NASA’s 2026 budget, slashing both International Space Station crew sizes and the amount of research done there. At the same time, it sets up new funding that would likely benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX by prioritizing human missions to Mars, and refocuses on “beating China back to the Moon.” The suggested cuts are part of President Trump’s budget proposal for next year. It wo…
Proposed 24 percent cut to NASA budget eliminates key Artemis architecture, climate research – Spaceflight Now
The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. Image: NASA The White House released its proposed federal spending budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday and with it a series of deep cuts to most areas of discretionary spending, including to NASA. The requested cuts come, ironically, on National Space Day. If adopted as proposed, America’s space agency is facing a 24.3 percent funding cut, dropping it from about $24.8 billion in FY25 to …
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