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Congress Rejects President Trump's Deep NASA Budget Cuts, Proposes $24.4 Billion for the Agency

Congress restored NASA science funding to nearly 2025 levels and allocated $250 million for lunar power and $273 million for commercial space station programs, rejecting deep cuts.

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Congress plans to allocate $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026, nearly $6 billion more than President Trump had proposed.

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The U.S. Congress presented a budget plan that proposes to allocate $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026, a figure higher than that previously raised by the White House, which had requested $18.8 billion, representing a cut of 24% from the previous year.

On the matter of space, the U.S. deputies and senators agreed on one thing: not following the direction indicated to them by the White House. On January 5, 2026, the committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate responsible for deciding the budget to be allocated to the Nasa...

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Space News broke the news in Mojave, United States on Monday, January 5, 2026.
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