| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
|---|---|
| 1962 | 1.2 |
| 1963 | 2.3 |
| 1964 | 3.5 |
| 1965 | 4.3 |
| 1966 | 4.4 |
| 1967 | 3.4 |
| 1968 | 2.7 |
| 1969 | 2.3 |
| 1970 | 1.9 |
| 1971 | 1.6 |
| 1972 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 1.3 |
| 1974 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1976 (budget transition) | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 0.9 |
| 1979 | 0.9 |
| 1980 | 0.8 |
| 1981 | 0.8 |
| 1982 | 0.8 |
| 1983 | 0.8 |
| 1984 | 0.8 |
| 1985 | 0.8 |
| 1986 | 0.7 |
| 1987 | 0.8 |
| 1988 | 0.9 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 0.9 |
| 1995 | 0.9 |
| 1996 | 0.9 |
| 1997 | 0.9 |
| 1998 | 0.9 |
| 1999 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | 0.8 |
| 2001 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 0.7 |
| 2003 | 0.7 |
| 2004 | 0.7 |
| 2005 | 0.6 |
| 2006 | 0.6 |
| 2007 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | 0.6 |
| 2009 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | 0.5 |
% of U.S. Budget
Sources:
whitehouse.gov
Share:
of
The NASA budget has been decreasing as a percentage of the U.S. budget. During the early ages of space travel in the 1960s, NASA funding was a much larger part of the U.S. budget, peaking at 4.4% of the U.S. budget in 1966. In 2012, government support of NASA was lower than ever, comprising only 0.5% of the U.S. budget.