Senate appropriators say spending bill includes NASA increase
NASA Space Technology Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) discuss their CJS appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025 at the Farnborough International Airshow July 22. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff FoustFARNBOROUGH, England — The leaders of a Senate appropriations subcommittee say they will increase NASA’s budget and protect the Artemis lunar exploration campaign in an upcoming spending bill even as another senator criticized a “wrongheaded” process.The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up a commerce, justice and science (CJS) spending bill for fiscal year 2025 on July 25. It is one of four bills the committee will consider that day after skipping a traditional subcommittee markup.“We’re very pleased to have reached agreement on our bill,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the CJS appropriations subcommittee, during a July 22 press conference organized by the...
