The dark age of NASA science? Analyzing the FY 2026 budget proposal

The dark age of NASA science? Analyzing the FY 2026 budget proposal

The White House has released its Fiscal Year 2026 congressional budget justification for NASA, and the implications are staggering. If enacted, this proposal would slash NASA’s science program funding by nearly half, cancel dozens of active and upcoming missions, and reduce the agency’s workforce by one-third. Sarah Al-Ahmed is joined by Jack Kiraly, The Planetary Society’s director of government relations, to examine what’s in the nearly 500-page document, what it means for the future of space science and exploration, and how advocates can still act to save NASA science.

Then, in What’s Up, Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts shares insights on China’s newly launched asteroid sample return mission, Tianwen-2. The spacecraft will rendezvous with near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, offering new scientific opportunities amidst a moment of global uncertainty in space exploration.

Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2025-FY-2026-budget-proposal

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Mars' Axial Tilt: A Key to Gully Formation

Mars' Axial Tilt: A Key to Gully Formation

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Comparing the rivers of Earth, Mars, and Titan

Comparing the rivers of Earth, Mars, and Titan

Get ready for a journey across the rivers of our Solar System in this week's Planetary Radio. Sam Birch, an assistant professor at Brown University, explores what we know about the alluvial rivers of ...

12 Heinä 202359min

Space Policy Edition: What’s Going on with: Congress, MSR, and ?

Space Policy Edition: What’s Going on with: Congress, MSR, and ?

We check in on the congressional budget process for NASA, Mars Sample Return’s spiraling cost growth, and the impending end of the regulatory holiday for human commercial space launch companies. Jack ...

7 Heinä 202356min

Humans to Mars by the 2030s? NASA Associate Administrators weigh in

Humans to Mars by the 2030s? NASA Associate Administrators weigh in

It's going to take a lot of collaboration to get humans to Mars, but we're up for the challenge. This week on Planetary Radio, Mat Kaplan, senior communications adviser at The Planetary Society, takes...

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2Fast 2Curious: Finding the source of the fast solar wind

2Fast 2Curious: Finding the source of the fast solar wind

Some solar mysteries, like the origin of the fast solar wind, can only be solved by getting up close and personal with the Sun. James Drake from the University of Maryland joins Planetary Radio this w...

28 Kesä 202354min

The disappearing act of Saturn's young rings

The disappearing act of Saturn's young rings

Saturn's rings are so young that they may have formed when dinosaurs walked the Earth. Richard Durisen, a Professor Emeritus of Astronomy from Indiana University Bloomington, and Paul Estrada, a Resea...

21 Kesä 20231h 5min

The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe

The oldest organic molecules in the known Universe

Justin Spilker and his colleagues at Texas A&M University have detected the oldest and most distant organic molecules in the known Universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. Justin joins Planetary...

14 Kesä 202351min

Starstruck with Sarafina El-Badry Nance

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Sarafina El-Badry Nance joins Planetary Radio to discuss her new book, Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark. We share a beautiful poem about exploration that will soon be...

7 Kesä 202354min

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