# Space Operations

**Agency:** NASA  
**Account:** Space Operations  
**Source document:** NASA · p. 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/nasa/space-operations  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 4,220.0 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 4,175.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 3,047.2 |

## NASA discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $24.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## 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


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › NASA › NASA › Space Operations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*