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The budget request slashes NASA total funding by nearly 25%—from $24.9 billion to $18.8 billion. Most of the cuts are made by eliminating a significant portion of the agency's science programs ...
NASA put out a new call urging its workforce to leave the agency this week through employment buyouts as the U.S. space program faces huge budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
The White House's proposed 2026 budget includes sweeping cuts to NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), slashing its funding by approximately 47 percent, as reported by the American ...
Several ongoing and future missions led or co-led by NASA exploring the cosmos could face serious changes if Congress approves President Donald Trump's 2026 budget request.
NASA’s 2026 budget proposal includes a 47 percent cut to its science division. A planned June 12 public meeting has been postponed pending internal briefings.
NASA scientists are in a state of anxious limbo after the Trump administration proposed a budget that would eliminate the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies as a standalone entity.
The announcement comes a little over a month after the release of the current administration’s so-called skinny budget, which included funding for NASA in 2026. The budget proposes a $6 billion ...
The Trump administration's budget proposal calls for the number of full-time employees at NASA Glenn to be reduced from nearly 1,400 to 837 for fiscal year 2026.
Overall, Trump’s proposed NASA budget would drop dramatically from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion, proposing to kill off not only future SLS launches, but gutting much of the agency’s science ...
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cuts have left the US space agency facing an uncertain future at the same time as NASA’s intended new leader has been withdrawn by the Trump administration ...
Funding for science is very much on the chopping block in President Trump's proposed budget. It's a fraught moment for NASA, particularly for those focused on earth science and not human space travel.