Artemis Looms Large In NASA’s Shrinking Budget

Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite

The spending plan would fund only one more Landsat satellite; Landsat 9 (shown) was launched in 2021.

Credit: NASA
The White House is doubling down on its push to remake NASA despite congressional opposition, reviving an ambition to slash the agency’s budget by prioritizing lunar ambitions and pulling back from science, technology and aeronautics programs. The Trump administration’s $18.8 billion fiscal 2027...
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