The White House released its 2026 "skinny budget" on Friday (May 2), a blueprint that outlines how the administration anticipates allocating government funds for the upcoming fiscal year. According to this proposal, NASA will see a 24% cut to its top-line funding, which experts say could be devastating for the agency.
"The White House has proposed the largest single-year cut to NASA in American history," The Planetary Society, an independent nonprofit organization widely supported by scientists and space enthusiasts, said in a statement. "It would recklessly slash NASA's science budget by 47%, forcing widespread terminations of functional missions worth billions of dollars."
