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House Plan Shields NASA Budget as Agency Is Told to Use Higher Funding Levels

Provisional guidance offers relief for science missions, with final funding still subject to negotiations.

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Overview

  • NASA was instructed to plan to House-proposed FY2026 levels near $24.84 billion, a sharp contrast to the White House request of $18.81 billion.
  • The House framework sets science at roughly $6 billion, with Earth science reduced to $1.33 billion from $2.14 billion.
  • Funding is preserved for several missions, extending operations for New Horizons and for OSIRIS-APEX ahead of its 2029 Apophis encounter.
  • The White House proposal seeks to cancel SLS and Orion in favor of commercial systems, terminate Mars Sample Return, cut $244 million from the Roman Space Telescope, and end the lunar Gateway.
  • Lawmakers have signaled resistance to key cancellations, and the ultimate outcome will depend on negotiations that could still change NASA’s plans.