NASA faces cuts to rocket program and lunar space station in Trump's 2026 budget




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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA's moon program in favour of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda. It also proposes cuts to Gateway, a lunar space station in which Canada has already invested.

The U.S. space agency faces a $6-billion cut

A large rocket on a launch pad, under blue skies with scattered cloud
NASA's mightiest rocket sits at launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 1, 2022. (Don Hladiuk)

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA's moon program in favour of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda, targeting an array of established projects in a proposed $6-billion US cut to the space agency's overall budget for next year.

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Posted: 2025-05-02 19:20:27

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