Debrief: NASA Budget Reprieve At Hand

Aubrey Gemignani/NASA Caption: Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, all with NASA, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen are preparing for a flight test around the Moon, marking the first crewed mission in deep space since 1972. The astronauts donned their pressurized flight suits on Dec. 30 to participate in a countdown demonstration test at the Kennedy Space Center. The SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft are expected to roll out to the launchpad this weekend.

Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, all with NASA, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen are preparing for a flight test around the Moon, marking the first crewed mission in deep space since 1972. The astronauts donned their pressurized flight suits on Dec. 30 to participate in a countdown demonstration test at Kennedy Space Center. The SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft are expected to roll out to the launchpad this weekend.

Credit: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA
Nearly nine months after the Trump administration released its fiscal 2026 budget proposal to slash NASA funding by 24%, Congress is poised to reject the cuts, reaffirming policy and financing priorities previously implemented with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025. An...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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