President Donald Trump has proposed a 23 percent cut to NASA's budget for fiscal year 2027, two days after the agency launched its first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. The proposal is part of a multi-month budget process that involves both houses of Congress passing their own appropriations bills and reconciling any differences between them. The White House plans to cut funding for “unnecessary and overpriced activities’, focusing on landing humans on the Moon before the end of Trump’s term in office and building a Moon base.