As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.

NASA has stopped work on a second mobile launch platform intended for an upgraded version of the SLS the agency no longer plans to develop.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 5, 2026.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched on April 1, sending its four-astronaut crew around the moon on a 10-day mission. In addition to Koch, the crew includes Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover (both of NASA, like Koch) and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that would cut the agency’s budget by nearly 25%.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Sunday backed the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts to his agency, as the Artemis II mission continues. “Yes, of course I do,” Isaacman said on CNN’s “State of the Union,

Jared Isaacman said NASA's job is to "try and unlock the secrets of the universe, and one of those questions is, are we alone?"

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, as he and three colleagues traveled further than any humans have ever gone, paused to send an Easter message back to Earth. And it was a stunning one that focused on