Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

The Guardian — Apr 11, 12:33 PM

Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program

The astronauts on board https://www.theguardian.com/science/artemis-ii">Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/07/artemis-astronauts-emotions-nasa-moon-mission">inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface.

They were, he said, “ambassadors for humanity” as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and return safely to Earth since 1972, on a mission that broke a https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/06/artemis-ii-astronauts-record-moon-earth-distance">distance record.