US EditionTrump Administration Proposes Largest Ever Cut To NASA’s Budget — And Eyes Mars
- The Trump administration proposed a 24% cut to NASA's budget for fiscal year 2026, removing about $6 billion nationwide, while increasing funding for human space exploration.
- This proposal follows ongoing debates over NASA's costly Space Launch System and aims to prioritize crewed lunar and Mars missions amid competition with China.
- The plan would end the Mars Sample Return mission, retire the SLS rocket and Orion capsule after Artemis 3, and cancel the Lunar Gateway space station, shifting to commercial alternatives.
- The Planetary Society condemned the proposal, warning that it would drastically reduce NASA's science funding by nearly half, leading to the cancellation of many active missions valued at several billion dollars.
- Experts and science groups warn the cuts will undermine American leadership in space and scientific research, causing chaos and wasting taxpayers' investments despite stated ambitions.
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Trump NASA budget prioritizes missions on the moon and Mars over research
The White House wants to focus on 'beating China back to the Moon and putting the first human on Mars.' The administration is requesting $18.8 billion for NASA, down from $24.8 billion last year. NASA's Earth Science division would be slashed by more than $1.1 billion, cutting what the proposal calls 'low-priority climate monitoring satellites.'
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