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Sadik Hossain

Trump is calling Artemis II’s moon mission as an ‘America First’ win, while quietly asking Congress to cut NASA by 23%

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.

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