The fight over NASA science funding has swung from existential alarm to cautious optimism in a matter of months. What once looked like a near-death experience for some of the agency’s most important ...

Congress just sent NASA a monetary lifeline. On Thursday (Jan. 15), the U.S. Senate passed a "minibus" spending bill that allocates $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026 (FY26), which began on ...

After a tumultuous eight months, Congress has passed an appropriations bill fully funding NASA with a $24.4 billion budget, rejecting the cuts proposed by President Trump. The Senate passed a small ...

Congress approved a $24.4 billion budget for NASA, rejecting the deep cuts President Donald Trump proposed for the fiscal year that began in October. That figure is about 2% lower than NASA’s current ...

Last year President Trump pitched a severe chop to NASA’s proposed annual budget for 2026, but the House and Senate on Monday released an appropriations bill that would mostly ignore those cuts. The ...