NASA’s 2026 Budget Saga Wears On

Mark Carreau July 28, 2025
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Artist's concept of humans on Mars.

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HOUSTON—NASA is nearing the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2026 with continuing uncertainty over how its final budget will affect its lunar exploration program as well as the final years of the aging International Space Station (ISS). Late July 25 NASA disclosed that an estimated 4,370 agency personnel...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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