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Program

Planetary Science Division Program

Department: NASA

The cabinet-level department or independent agency responsible for the program

Agency: Science Mission Directorate

The specific agency or sub-agency that administers the program

Program Type:Service Delivery

The functional category of the program
In Official FIP? Not represented

(Operational mission-directorate activities are broader than assistance-style listings.)

Confidence Level: Medium

Authorizing Statute: 51 U.S.C. 20113; annual appropriations

Funding Status: Annual appropriations

Primary Source: https://obamaadministration.archives.performance.gov/federalprograminventory.html

Notes: Planetary Science Division Program within NASA mission-directorate structure.

Additional details about data sources and custom mapping of data are available on the Data Details page.

Outlays (millions)

Actual money spent in FY2024

$2826.93

Source: Replaced/confirmed with NASA long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Obligations (millions)

Money the government committed to spend in FY2024

$2968.28

Source: Replaced/confirmed with NASA long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Budget Authority (millions)

The amount Congress authorized agencies to commit

$3027.38

Source: Estimate: budget authority proxied from obligations using workbook rules; see Fiscal Method.

Revenue Loss (millions)

Estimated revenue not collected due to tax policy (tax expenditures)

$0

Source: Replaced/confirmed with NASA long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Primary Amount

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

$2826.93

Dollar Basis

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

Outlays

Note: Added in expansion wave using statute/authorization-first logic plus agency plans/reports links from the archived Performance.gov Federal Program Inventory page. Reconciliation round: estimated outlay-bearing rows were scaled proportionally so the primary-basis FY2024 outlays subtotal equals the reference federal outlay total.

Dollar Quality

How directly the dollar amount reflects observed data

Estimated

Actual = reported or observed spending, Estimated = derived from modeling or mapping, Carry-Zero = structural row with no direct dollars