The International Space Station serves as an orbiting scientific laboratory where astronauts conduct experiments. The Trump administration has proposed cutting its budget by roughly $500 million and reducing research at the outpost. AP/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service
AP/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service
When Casey Dreier saw President Trump’s proposed budget for NASA, he couldn’t believe the numbers.
“This is the worst NASA budget I’ve seen in my lifetime,” says Dreier, the chief of space policy for the Planetary Society, a nonprofit that advocates for space exploration.
The budget proposes deep cuts for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, which oversees everything from