Tag: Senate
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Senate Chair Blocks NASA Budget Cuts, Pledges 2026 Funding Levels
Will Senate appropriators maintain NASA’s 2026 budget levels? The chairman of the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee has rejected proposed cuts to NASA’s budget and committed to funding the agency at 2026 levels, providing crucial protection for the Artemis Program and other critical space initiatives during a period of fiscal…
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Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a major economic and policy package now nearing a vote in the US Senate. The “Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act,” first introduced by Texas Senators Ted Cruz and…
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Senate response to White House budget for NASA: Keep SLS, nix science
Negotiations over the US federal budget for fiscal year 2026 are in the beginning stages, but when it comes to space, the fault lines are already solidifying in the Senate. The Trump White House released its budget request last Friday, and this included detailed information about its plans for NASA. On Thursday, just days later,…
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Bridenstine narrowly confirmed in Senate to become next NASA chief
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, during a nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Nov. 1, 2017. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Rep. Jim Bridenstine, an Oklahoma Republican, was confirmed Thursday as NASA’s 13th administrator after months of partisan wrangling over his lack of experience in…