House Appropriators Reject Asteroid Redirect Mission, Want Astronauts on Moon – UPDATE

House Appropriators Reject Asteroid Redirect Mission, Want Astronauts on Moon – UPDATE

The House Appropriations Committee is recommending that no funds be provided for planning robotic or crewed missions to asteroids as envisioned by President Obama’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).  The committee’s …

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House Appropriators Urge FAA to Facilitate Private Lunar Development – UPDATE

House Appropriators Urge FAA to Facilitate Private Lunar Development – UPDATE

The House Appropriations Committee encourages the FAA to enhance its processes to provide “security and predictability” to companies planning lunar development.  It also urges the FAA to define “non-interference” in …

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NOAA's Commercial Weather Data Pilot Gets Boost from House Appropriators – UPDATE

NOAA's Commercial Weather Data Pilot Gets Boost from House Appropriators – UPDATE

The House Appropriations Committee wants to increase the amount of FY2017 funding for NOAA’s commercial weather data pilot program both in comparison to the President’s request and to what its …

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House Passes FY2017 NDAA – UPDATE

House Passes FY2017 NDAA – UPDATE

The House passed the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) a few hours ago.  The bill, H.R. 4909, authorizes and recommends funding levels for national security space programs.  The bill …

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House Appropriations Subcommittee Proposes Bigger FY2017 Boost for NASA – UPDATE

House Appropriations Subcommittee Proposes Bigger FY2017 Boost for NASA – UPDATE

The House Appropriations Committee today released its draft FY2017 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) funding bill, which includes NASA and NOAA.  NASA would get an even bigger boost — $19.5 billion — than …

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House Draft T-HUD Appropriations Bill Denies Half of Increase to FAA Space Office – UPDATE

House Draft T-HUD Appropriations Bill Denies Half of Increase to FAA Space Office – UPDATE

The draft FY2017 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill released by the House Appropriations Committee today provided only half of the requested increase for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST).   …

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