Annual budget of NASA
What you should know about this indicator
- NASA's budget categorizations have changed throughout the agency's history.
- All adjustments for inflation are made using the GDP Chained Price Index published by the US Office of Management and Budget.
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“Data Page: Annual budget of NASA”, part of the following publication: Edouard Mathieu, Pablo Rosado, and Max Roser (2022) - “Space Exploration and Satellites”. Data adapted from CSIS Aerospace Security Project. Retrieved from /grapher/nasa-annual-budget [online resource]How to cite this data
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CSIS Aerospace Security Project (2022) – with minor processing by Full citation
CSIS Aerospace Security Project (2022) – with minor processing by . “Annual budget of NASA” [dataset]. CSIS Aerospace Security Project, “History of the NASA Budget” [original data]. Retrieved April 27, 2025 from /grapher/nasa-annual-budget