The project cancellation comes after NASA has already invested 15 years and $3.4 billion in the telescope, which is 90% complete.

Given the considerable uncertainty about the future NASA Science budget given projected Trump Administration funding considerations, the chairs of analysis/assessment groups (AGs), linked to the space agency's Planetary Science Division, issued a statement on May 12 titled "To members of the planetary science community."

Will the US President take credit for that one as well? NASA was already considering reducing crew size on the International Space Station (ISS) before cuts to the agency's budget were proposed.… Dana Weigel,

Many in industry aren’t supportive of GSA taking over NASA SEWP. More than two dozen contractors wrote to the U.S. DOGE Service in April explaining the benefits of SEWP, including how it promotes competition, supports small businesses and how it’s structured to encourage transparency and contractor engagement.

The NEO Surveyor mission is the first space telescope that'll be dedicated to locating asteroids that could threaten Earth, NASA says. It's the agency's next big step in upping the nation's planetary defense game, which was really brought to the forefront for the public in 2022 with the DART mission.

NASA's planetary defense initiatives, particularly the NEO Surveyor mission designed to detect hazardous asteroids, face potential setbacks due to proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration. These cuts,

The Trump administration says it is ending a lease in the Columbia building that houses Tom’s Restaurant. The university says the rent is still due.

"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major step back in exploring the solar system and the universe and in continuing to develop our scientific understanding of the world around us," Jakosky said.

Trump’s discretionary budget request for NASA would cut $1.1 billion in funding for Earth observation programs, including what the request describes as cuts to the “gold-plated, two billion dollar Landsat Next” mission. The cut amounts to roughly half of the space agency’s budget for Earth observation, which includes money for Landsat design.