Trump's 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7, 2023.

The White House wants to slash NASA's budget and workforce and cancel a number of high-profile missions next year, newly released documents reveal.

On May 2, the Trump administration released its 2026 "skinny budget" request, a broad summary of its funding plans for the coming fiscal year. That document proposed cutting NASA funding by nearly 25%, from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion, with much of the reduction coming from the agency's science programs.