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What's on the chopping block at NASA under the White House's drastic proposed cuts

In House and Senate hearings over the last week, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended a budget proposal that would slash the agency’s science funding nearly in half.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Testifies During Congressional Hearing
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman during a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 22.Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

Weeks after NASA’s first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years ended to great fanfare, one might expect its leader to be enjoying something of a victory lap. Instead, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman spent much of the past week in hearings on Capitol Hill defending the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the space agency’s budget by 23% for fiscal year 2027.

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