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Stories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, October 2025
Glimmers of hope.
4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain
In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.
How to Save NASA Science: A retrospective on the second 2025 Day of Action
The October 2025 Save NASA Science Day of Action was our largest-ever advocacy event. Here's why it mattered.
300 space advocates rally in D.C. to Save NASA Science
The Save NASA Science Day of Action drew nearly 300 people from across the United States to Washington, D.C., to promote space science and exploration.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, September 2025
Who’s in charge of space policy?
Introducing Ari Koeppel, our first AAAS Policy Fellow
In a milestone that reflects our expanding advocacy and outreach presence in Washington, D.C., Ari Koeppel will join The Planetary Society as the organization's first AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow.
A cosmic perspective worth fighting for
NASA's science budget is under threat. Here's what that could mean to the human endeavor of exploration.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, July 2025
Unprecedented. Unstrategic. Wasteful.
Ten years after Pluto, New Horizons faces a new threat
The newly proposed budget for NASA would shut down the spacecraft midflight.
Scientists behind threatened NASA missions explain what’s at stake
Here is what they have to say, in their own words.
Save NASA Science Campaign progress report
A status update from The Planetary Society's policy experts.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, June 2025
Unprecedented. Unstrategic. Wasteful.
NASA's disastrous 2026 budget proposal in seven charts
The White House has put forward a radical, wasteful proposal for NASA. We have the data to prove it.
New NASA budget would shut down 41 space missions
Proposed NASA cuts would cancel dozens of space missions — including spacecraft already paid for, launched, and making discoveries.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, May 2025
NASA cuts loom.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, April 2025
NASA cuts loom.
The 2025 Day of Action
On March 24, 2025, The Planetary Society’s annual Day of Action brought more people than ever before to Washington, D.C., to advocate for space.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, March 2025
A potential extinction-level event for NASA science.
A potential extinction-level event?
An edited interview transcript between The Planetary Society’s Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier, Director of Government Relations Jack Kiraly, and Planetary Radio host Sarah Al-Ahmed about reports that the White House is considering a 25% cut to NASA’s topline budget in 2026, including a 50% cut to the Science Mission Directorate.
Advocating for planetary exploration on Capitol Hill
How The Planetary Society helped bring Venus and Moon scientists to fight for missions on Capitol Hill.



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