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Jul 30, 2025

The Planetary Society and coalition of space and science groups to lead “Save NASA Science” congressional visits on October 6th

The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, is partnering with ten organizations to organize constituent visits to Congress in order to Save NASA Science from the unprecedented, unstrategic, and wasteful cuts proposed by the Office of Management and Budget in 2026.

Jul 15, 2025

The Planetary Society commends Congress for rejecting extinction-level cuts to space science

The Planetary Society released a statement in response to legislation by the Appropriations Committees of the United States House of Representatives’ and Senate’s FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies (CJS) providing $24.9 billion to NASA.

Jul 07, 2025

Every living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented budget cuts

Seven NASA leaders of NASA's science activities released a joint statement condemning the proposed 47% cuts to the agency’s science activities in the White House’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request.

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