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Funding for space missions hang in the balance with the government shutdown

By Katia Riddle

Published November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM CST

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Planetary science is in limbo during the government shutdown — things like analyzing asteroids, studying the magnetosphere of Jupiter, or better understanding Mars so that humans might one day visit.

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