No.
This is a mischaracterization. Mark Kelly voted against the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” primarily because of its cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs, not to defund NASA or the Artemis mission.
The bill included nearly $10 billion for NASA programs, with $4 billion directed to Artemis missions IV and V. Kelly has otherwise been a consistent supporter of space funding—he voted yes on a spending bill that allocated $24 billion to NASA this year.
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Sources
- 119th Congress, Roll call vote on budget reconciliation bill
- 119th Congress, Roll call vote on spending bill that ended September 2026
- Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Kelly Statement After Republicans Passed the Biggest Tax Break for Billionaires on the Backs of Hard-Working Americans
- 119th Congress, H.R.1 – An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.,
- Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, ICYMI: Kelly on Artemis II Launch: “This is inspiring and it’s exciting, and it’s something that we can only really do in this country.”
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