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May 17th, 2025
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The White House released fiscal year 2026 budget proposal for NASA calls for nearly 25 percent less in funding than NASA received for fiscal year 2025.
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The release on May 2 of that budget proposes significant changes to NASA’s crewed lunar plans, presence on the International Space Station, and science missions, among other changes.
Budget implications
Image credit: CSIS/Inside Outer Space screengrab
The implications of the budget took center stage in a highly-informative discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Image credit: CSIS/Inside Outer Space screengrab
This NASA Budget Outlook Discussion took place on May 14 involving Clayton Swope, Deputy Director of the CSIS Aerospace Security Project; Alexander MacDonald. Senior Associate (Non-resident) at the Aerospace Security Project; and Mike French, Founder of the Space Policy Group.
Image credit: CSIS/Inside Outer Space screengrab
Image credit: CSIS/Inside Outer Space screengrab
This important event at CSIS is available for viewing at:
https://www.csis.org/events/nasa-budget-outlook-discussion
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