White House Releases NASA Fiscal 2026 Spending Plan

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The completed assembly of the upper, or forward, part of the core stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis II mission.

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A modest hike in NASA’s budget to push human space exploration into deep space would be offset by massive cuts in the rest of the agency’s budget, with spending on science, aeronautics and space technology programs roughly halved, the Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 proposal shows. In addition...
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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