NASA Budget

NASA Releases the 2014 “Tough Choices” Budget Proposal

NASA has released their budget proposal for 2014 and, as rumored, it includes funding for the preliminary work to begin…

12 years ago

How Will Sequestration Affect NASA?

It seems the US in not going to avoid the sequester -- the $85 billion worth of federal spending cuts…

12 years ago

Planetary Bake Sale and Car Wash to Support Exploration of the Solar System

[/caption] Across the country, planetary scientists and students are planning for an upcoming bake sale and car wash on June…

12 years ago

Kepler Mission Extended to 2016

[/caption] With NASA’s tight budget, there were concerns that some of the agency’s most successful astrophysics missions might not be…

13 years ago

Can NASA’s Planetary Science Budget Be Saved?

[/caption] “Flat is the new up,” said NASA’s new Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, John Grunsfeld, attempting to…

13 years ago

Tough Cuts for Planetary Science In NASA’s 2013 Budget Proposal

[/caption] As expected, NASA’s 2013 budget request calls for an overall decrease in funding, with especially tough cuts to planetary…

13 years ago

Budget Axe to Gore America’s Future Exploration of Mars and Search for Martian Life

[/caption] America’s hugely successful Mars Exploration program is apparently about to be gutted by Obama Administration officials wielding a hefty…

13 years ago

NASA Mission to Europa May Fall to Budget Cuts

[/caption] Next week, the US National Academy of Sciences will release their decadal review of priorities for planetary science in…

14 years ago

Fiscal Squeeze Could Freeze NASA Budget for Five Years

NASA officials put on happy faces on February 14 to discuss their new budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012, but…

14 years ago

NASA Budget Uncertainties Will Continue Well into 2011

[/caption] A temporary spending measure signed by President Obama on December 22 means NASA and other government agencies will stay…

14 years ago