Debrief: Trump Draft Budget Takes Swing At NASA Science

A webcam at the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows two science missions in development. On the left is the instrument enclosure for the Near-Earth Object Surveyo, an infrared space telescope for a planetary defense mission.  On the right is the Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths, a high-altitude balloon mission to carry a far-infrared telescope to study the impact of supernova explosions and other ph

A webcam at the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows two science missions in development. On the left is the instrument enclosure for the Near-Earth Object Surveyo, an infrared space telescope for a planetary defense mission. On the right is the Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths, a high-altitude balloon mission to carry a far-infrared telescope to study the impact of supernova explosions and other phenomena on star formation rates.

Credit: NASA/JPL
The Trump administration’s draft budget plan for fiscal 2026 includes deep cuts to NASA’s science programs as part of an overall 20% reduction in the agency’s annual spending, leaked documents from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to NASA show. Whether the administration’s...
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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