
The Trump administration is pushing to cut NASA‘s funding by 23 percent, even as it publicly celebrates the Artemis II moon mission as a major “America First” victory. The proposed 2027 budget request sent to Congress tells a very different story about the future of space exploration.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the plan includes a 46 percent cut specifically to NASA’s science programs, which are central to how spacecraft are developed and how data from space is studied and understood.