The FY2027 President's Budget requests $3.05B for Space Operations, within NASA's Space Operations account. That is down 27% on the FY2026 figure of $4.18B, which is the enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $4,220.0M |
| FY2026 | enacted | $4,175.0M |
| FY2027 | request | $3,047.2M |
Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
NASA discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of NASA's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
These activities, which support existing and future space operations for both NASA and non-NASA missions, are catalysts for economic development and a commercial future in LEO. NASA's Commercial LEO Development effort focuses on the development of commercially-owned and operated space stations in LEO from which NASA, along with other customers, can purchase services. The development of LEO destinations will allow NASA to meet enduring LEO human spaceflight and research requirements in a cost-effective manner that provides maximal compatibility with commercial users as the size of the user community continues to grow. The program: ' Takes advantage of private-sector initiative to provide a pathway to human access to LEO after the retirement of the ISS in 2030; ' Ensures U.S. leadership in LEO human spaceflight after ISS; and ' Provides a pathway to a commercial orbital economy. ISS continues to exemplify American leadership in space, serving as the foundation of a U.S.-led multinational partnership that advances shared objectives. In addition, ISS offers an unparalleled environment for research in microgravity, enabling discoveries that deliver economic and societal benefits ISS also accelerates commercial development by nurturing the growth of a space economy in LEO. This generates nationwide economic opportunities, and continued development of a commercial LEO economy, allowing NASA to concentrate more on ambitious missions to the Moon and Mars. Furthermore, ISS also functions as a vital proving ground for technologies and countermeasures essential for long-duration spaceflight, providing a platform to test and refine systems that will enable future
Extracted from NASA, p. 2. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
Contracts funded by this line
820 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.
| Contract | Vendor | Confidence | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| NNJ06TA25C last action FY2026 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | Certain | $8,390.2M |
| NAS1510000 last action FY2026 | THE BOEING COMPANY | Certain | $5,155.4M |
| NNK17MA01T last action FY2026 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | Certain | $3,029.9M |
| 80MSFC18C0011 last action FY2026 | AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Certain | $1,976.5M |
| NNK13MA14C last action FY2024 | AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Certain | $1,969.9M |
| 80GSFC19C0063 last action FY2026 | PERATON INC. | Certain | $1,503.4M |
| 80NM0018F0850 last action FY2026 | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Certain | $1,470.5M |
| NAS1510110 last action FY2026 | RUSSIA SPACE AGENCY | Certain | $1,428.9M |
Showing 8 of 820 — most confidently matched first, largest within a confidence tier. These are not necessarily the largest 8.
Confidence mix · 820 certain
Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.
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