NASA faces the possibility of steep cuts again as the FY 2027 budget request proposes a 23% reduction in overall funding and a 47% cut to science programs.

While NASA avoided the worst of the proposed cuts, it did not escape them entirely. One part of the agency feeling the hurt from the budget is its planetary science program. In addition to Congress’s decision to cancel Mars Sample Return, the program’s overall budget of $2.7 billion in 2025 shrunk by nearly $200 million in 2026.

As the U.S. government slashes its spending on basic science, one thing seems certain: there’s still plenty of money to go back to the moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission is only the tip of the space

When the crew of the Artemis II mission to the moon splash lands off the coast Friday, it won’t be San Diego’s first moment in the NASA spotlight. It won’t even be the first time a spacecraft has splashed down in the same general location.

By Joey Roulette HOUSTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Four astronauts traveling back from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission will speak with reporters in their first press conference from space on Wednesday.

NASA is preparing for Artemis II, which will send four astronauts around the Moon. The mission will test Orion’s life-support, navigation, and communication systems in preparation for future lunar landings.

The Artemis astronauts’ reflections echo a long described shift in perspective that occurs when humans are given the chance to view Earth from space.

Resurfaced footage released by YouTuber Gary Friedman shows some of the sturdy computing hardware that powered Voyager 1 and 2, a pair of spacecraft first launched in 1977 and tasked with taking a trip through our solar system.

In October 1989, a blast from the sun flung out a stream of super-powered protons. This solar storm lasted for days and forced astronauts working in low-Earth orbit, aboard NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle, to retreat to a shielded storm shelter in the farthest interior of the craft.

The four history-making Artemis II astronauts are now on their way back to Earth. Retired NASA astronaut Bonnie Dunbar joins CBS News to explain what the crew will be doing for the final few days of its mission before splashdown on Friday.