NASA BUDGET
NASA requested $26 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2023 President's Budget proposal, a 4.7% percent increase from the FY 2022 request. The Budget increases funding for innovative programs that would facilitate Moon to Mars exploration and aid U.S. leadership in human spaceflight.[1] The Budget also supports a broad range of NASA programs that are not directly supporting the Moon to Mars program.[2,3]
NASA’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget is split into major program areas:
- Deep Space Exploration Systems
- Space Operations
- Space Technology
- Science
- Aeronautics
- STEM Engagement
- Safety, Security, and Mission Services
- Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration
- Inspector General[4]
Programs with the highest budget increases are Deep Space Exploration Systems (10.1% increase over FY 2022 enacted) and Aeronautics Research (10.3% increase over FY 2022 enacted).[5]
The following table presents a summary of NASA’s FY 2023 Presidential Budget Request.[6]
| Request 2022 | Request 2023 | |
| NASA Total (in $ millions) | $24,801.5 | $25,973.8 |
| Science | $7,931.4 | $7,988.3 |
| Planetary Science | $3,200 | $3,160.2 |
| Earth Science | $2,250 | $2,411.5 |
| Astrophysics | $1,575.2 | $1,556 |
| Heliophysics | $797.2 | $760.2 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | $109.1 | $100.4 |
| Space Technology | $1,425 | $1,437.9 |
| Deep Space Exploration Systems | $6,750.2 | $7,478.3 |
| Common Exploration Systems Development | $4,483.7 | $4,668.4 |
| Artemis Campaign Development | $2,062 | $2,600.3 |
| Human Exp Requirements & Architecture | $9.5 | $48.3 |
| Mars Campaign Development | $195.0 | $161.3 |
| Space Operations | $4,147.6 | $4,266.3 |
| Aeronautics | $914.8 | $971.5 |
| STEM Engagement | $147 | $150.1 |
| Safety, Security, & Mission Services | $3,049.2 | $3,208.7 |
| Construction and Environmental Compliance | $390.3 | $424.3 |
| Inspector General | $46 | $48.4 |
President's Budget Request Source Documents:
FY 2023 Congressional Justification
FY 2023 Summary Budget Brief:
To learn more about NASA’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget, visit: NASA Budget webpage.
Updated November 2022, Jackie Johnson
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