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White House Requests Additional $900 Million for Moon Landing, Base in Budget Proposal

Meanwhile, the White House proposes cutting more than $1 billion from International Space Station funding.
White House Requests Additional $900 Million for Moon Landing, Base in Budget Proposal
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission launches at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 1, 2026. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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HOUSTON—As NASA sends humanity back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, the White House requested that the federal government add $906 million of funding for the space program’s lunar ambitions in fiscal year 2027.

This is the only program to receive a funding increase. The proposed budget is $5.6 billion lower than the year before, with funding cuts for programs including the International Space Station and the development of a robotic Mars Sample Return mission.

T.J. Muscaro
T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.