The missions will have to submit options for operating Chandra and Hubble that fit within the funding profile in the fiscal year 2025 budget proposal while also being able to offer options with different funding requirements.
NASA’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal projects Chandra’s funding will fall to $5,200,000 by fiscal year 2029.
NASA’s budget proposal projects annual spending on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory to fall to $5,000,000 by 2029.
NASA proposed reducing Chandra X-Ray Observatory funding from $68,300,000 spent in 2023 to $41,100,000 proposed for 2025.
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory was launched in 1999.
NASA requested $93,300,000 for Hubble and $68,700,000 for Chandra in its fiscal year 2024 budget proposal.
NASA plans two mini senior reviews for Chandra and Hubble, likely in May 2024 after the release of the fiscal year 2025 budget proposal.
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory operations continued because the Smithsonian Institution agreed to advance funding to the Chandra X-Ray Center to continue science and mission operations through mid-March 2019 as necessary.
Chandra launched in 1999 with four gyros and can operate on just two gyros.
Prior to the 2018-10-10 event, Chandra had not lost a gyro in 19 years.
Chandra was launched by the shuttle in 1999 for an originally planned five-year mission that was later extended to 10 years.