US EditionTrump Proposes Steep Cut to NASA Budget as Astronauts Head for the Moon
The plan would end more than 40 missions and shift money toward exploration, commercial lunar work and private stations.
- On Friday, The White House released an $18.8 billion budget proposal for NASA fiscal year 2027, increasing spending on exploration programs by nearly 10% to $8.5 billion.
- The Budget proposes cutting Science funding by $3.4 billion, or 47%, while reducing International Space Station operations by $1.1 billion and terminating STEM Engagement programs that received $143 million in 2026.
- Trump administration officials labeled certain technology projects "frivolous," cutting space technology spending by $297 million while allocating $175 million for new robotic missions to establish a lunar base.
- More than 100 members of Congress, nearly all Democrats, urged appropriators to ignore the proposal in a March 13 letter, requesting $9 billion for NASA Science in 2027, a 25% increase from 2026.
- Jamie Wise, a staff member of the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee, predicted at the Goddard Space Science Symposium March 13, "I would probably follow the betting and say that 27 is going to look like 26.
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White House Requests Additional $900 Million for Moon Landing, Base in Budget Proposal
HOUSTON—As NASA sends humanity back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, the White House requested that the federal government add $960 million of funding for the space program’s lunar ambitions in fiscal year 2027. This is the only program to receive a funding increase. The proposed budget is $5.6 billion lower than the year before, with funding cuts for programs including the International Space Station and the development of …
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GV WireWhite House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027
WASHINGTON, April 3 : The White House on Friday proposed a $5.6 billion cut to NASA's budget for 2027, including a $3.4 billion cut to the space agency's science unit, a 23 per cent cut as NASA's new chief plans an array of new missions under the flagship U.S. moon program.
White House again proposes steep NASA budget cuts
For the second consecutive year, the White House is proposing a major budget cut for NASA that would significantly impact the agency’s science programs and the International Space Station. The post White House again proposes steep NASA budget cuts appeared first on SpaceNews.
Why did NASA propose a 23% budget cut?
What the proposed NASA cut would change A new U.S. budget blueprint from President Donald Trump calls for a steep reduction to NASA’s budget—about 23%—announced just as the agency was launching a crewed mission to the Moon. The move matters because it would come at a time when NASA is trying to…
The Trump administration today presented its first proposed NASA budget for 2027 [PDF, page 67 onwards]. And it's devastating, just like the one it tried to implement for the 2026 budget. It represents a 23% cut to the agency's overall budget, although science, once again, takes the brunt of the cuts, at 47%. And this comes right after NASA launched its first crewed mission to the Moon in 53 years and a few months. I no longer know if the curren…
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