Trump Budget Proposes Deep NASA Cuts Jeopardizing Missions, Jobs, Climate Science

The Trump-Vance administration's proposed budget for NASA in 2025 includes significant cuts that threaten numerous missions and facilities, including the Juno mission to Jupiter and the NASA Glenn Research Center. The budget would slash NASA's overall funding by nearly 25%, reducing it to levels not seen since before the Apollo program, which experts warn could be catastrophic for science, research, and local economies dependent on NASA projects. Among the most impacted are the Juno mission, crucial for studying Jupiter and its moons, and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a leading climate science lab facing dismantling and loss of its standalone status. This budget proposal risks undermining American leadership in space science, potentially causing a mass exodus of talent and cancellation of key projects like the Orion Spacecraft and Space Launch System. Despite President Trump’s public support for space exploration, these cuts signal a retreat from leadership in science, with private companies like SpaceX increasingly filling roles traditionally held by NASA. NASA officials and former leaders have expressed grave concern, warning that the cuts could effectively send parts of NASA’s science portfolio "out of business."