NASA Slashes $420 Million in Contracts Amid DOGE’s Broad Cost-Cutting Measures

The nation's space agency is cutting costs at the behest of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, as part of the Trump administration's slashing of science funding.

March 25, 2025 · 1 min · 42 words · James Gallagher

DOGEs claims and the reality may be very different.

Nevertheless, the Trump administrations actions are driving a sea change in the cultural attitudes at federal agencies.

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A high-resolution snapshot of the Sun from Solar Orbiter.

President Donald Trump and billionaire oligarch Elon Musk at UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in downtown Miami.

A Webb image of Uranus, its rings, and 9 of its 27 moons.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

A protester from Extinction Rebellion spraypaints “DOGE” with “no” symbol through it on a Tesla showroom window

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.