NASA's budget peaked in 1964–66 when it consumed roughly 4% of all federal spending. The agency was building up to the first Moon landing and the Apollo program was a top national priority, consuming more than half of NASA's budget and driving NASA's workforce to more than 34,000 employees and 375,000 contractors from industry and academia.

Jan 2, 2025 · The agency generated more than $75.6 billion in economic output across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., in fiscal year 2023. Main page for resources for NASA's annual budget request.

Jun 10, 2024 · Explore the evolution of the budget of NASA from its inception in 1958 to the present day. Understand the financial journey of space exploration.

NASA's budget is set by an annual process that begins with a proposal from the White House and ends with legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President. The budget specifies funding amounts for programs and projects in human spaceflight, space science, aeronautics, technology development, and education.

• The President’s budget request for NASA is an investment in our nation’s future; itpromotes U.S. leadership in space exploration, improves our understanding of Earth and the universe, inspires the Artemis Generation, and develops new aviation and space technologies for …

Jan 20, 2025 · The new Trump administration could upend NASA's priorities, reshaping the Artemis moon program, climate science funding and the role of commercial space players.

Mar 22, 2023 · NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers the State of NASA address for 2023. Learn about our plans to explore the Moon and Mars, monitor and protect the planet, sustain U.S. leadership in aviation and aerospace innovation, drive economic growth and promote equity and diversity within the agency and across the nation, while inspiring the next ...

Sep 26, 2024 · Congressional deliberations about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often focus on the availability of funding. This fact sheet provides data on past and current NASA appropriations, as well as the President’s FY2025 budget request and congressional action on FY2025 appropriations and authorization of appropriations.

Jan 23, 2024 · Congressional budget justifications are available on the NASA budget website, https://www.nasa.gov/budgets-plans-and-reports/, for the current year and for past years back to FY2010. Table 2 shows FY2022 regular appropriations as enacted (before the transfers and reprogramming reflected in Table 1); the Administration’s request for FY2023; FY2023

In 2018, NASA spent $19.8 billion or 0.5% of federal spending. Here’s a look at NASA’s budget since it was created in July 1958. We looked at not only the topline spending at the government agency, but how much it spent across several initiatives related to space exploration and science.