A budget proposal released on May 2 includes not only cuts to NASA's science budget, but an early end to its SLS moon rocket.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget looks to end the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway space station that are central to NASA’s existing Artemis program —

The release of NASA's latest budget reveals the Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway space station are getting the chop. The US$18.8-billion total figure decreases spending by $6 billion, or 24%, as the space agency increases funding for crewed Moon and Mars missions.