The newly released "skinny budget" would cancel the Gateway moon-orbiting space station and Mars sample return, among other projects.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for next year calls for sweeping cuts to many of NASA’s programs, including a plan to phase out the agency’s Boeing Co.-made moon rocket, reduce crews and operations on the International Space Station and gut science initiatives.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA's moon program in favor of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda, targeting an array of established projects in a proposed $6 billion cut to the space agency's overall budget for next year.