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Space.com on MSNEuropean Space Agency reveals 3 key space missions threatened by Trump's NASA budget cutsAt least three ESA space missions are under threat as a result of Trump's budget cuts. The gravitational wave observatory LISA, Venus orbiter EnVision, and NewAthena may require "recovery actions."
The fallen NASA administrator nominee was clearly not a fan of the agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.
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Axios on MSNHow much NASA spends on science in UtahJacque Schrag/Axios NASA spends an average of $11 million annually in Utah on scientific missions, per data from The Planetary Society, a pro-space nonprofit. Why it matters: NASA's science efforts bear the brunt of cuts to the agency in the Trump administration's proposed budget,
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Space.com on MSN'What a waste:' US scientists decry Trump's 47% cuts to NASA science budgetOther federal science organizations haven't been spared, either — places like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have been targeted as well.
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, if approved by Congress, would kill many of NASA’s plans for robotic exploration of the solar system. Gone, too, would be multiple space-based missions to study Earth, the sun and the rest of the universe.
President Donald Trump claims the SpaceX CEO got "strange" after a discussion about an electric vehicle mandate.
The White House’s budget plan for NASA would be woefully inadequate for achieving near-term human voyages to Mars, experts say
Financial technology billionaire Jared Isaacman appeared to suggest President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination to run NASA due to his close ties to Elon Musk amid the SpaceX chief executive officer’s falling out in Washington.
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Space.com on MSNNASA begins push to slash workforce with more staff buyouts, early retirements as budget cuts loomNASA put out a new call urging its workforce to leave the agency this week with a new offer for employment buyouts as the U.S. space program faces huge budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.