Save NASA Science Press Conference

On Monday, October 6, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CDT / 1:00 p.m EDT, amid the government shutdown, leaders from 20 national science, education, and space organizations, led by The Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye, will gather with Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04) and invited Members of Congress at the U.S. Capitol to urge protection of NASA’s and the National Science Foundation’s science budgets. The White House’s proposed 47 percent cut to NASA’s science budget threatens an “extinction-level” event for space exploration.

The press conference is part of a Day of Action during which an expected 300 citizen advocates from across the country will meet with their representatives in Congress to emphasize the importance of sustained funding for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and the NSF.