NASA received $949 million to recover soil and rock samples from Mars in the early 2030s.

The allocated amount will be spent by NASA for the Mars sample return campaign, which it is developing in conjunction with the European Space Agency (ESA). As part of this campaign, the agencies planned to return samples collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth by 2033. Under the plan announced last year, the mission to Mars will begins in 2027 with the launch of an orbiter to the red planet.This funding will also support NASA's partnership with ESA for the later ExoMars mission, which has Russia as a partner before the Ukraine crisis.

The ambitious Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon and establish bases on the Moon has been allocated $8.1 billion, according to the White House budget document. "The budget fully funds the rockets, crew vehicles, lunar landers, astronaut suits and other systems needed to fly astronauts around the Moon during the Artemis mission. II and subsequently landed astronauts, including first woman, first person of color and first person astronauts from another country," the document reads.