The EGS line includes up to $281.35 million for a second mobile launcher (ML-2) to support launches of the upgraded SLS. The space exploration budget line includes $799 million to prepare the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for future Artemis missions. The 1B is expected to boost the capability of launching Orion crews plus payloads to the Moon by an additional 11-15 tons and is intended for future deep space science missions. In terms of human deep space exploration, the 2023 omnibus provides $1.34 billion for the Orion crew capsule and $2.6 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), including $600 million for continued development of the SLS Block 1B upgrade with the Exploration Upper Stage for introduction during the Artemis IV mission. *Science: a $7.79 billion 2023 consolidated appropriation compared with a $7.99 billion White House request and $7.6 billion appropriation for 2022. *Space technology: a $1.2 billion 2023 consolidated appropriation compared with a $1.44 billion White House request and $1.1 billion appropriation for 2022. *Space operations: a $4.25 billion 2023 consolidated appropriation compared with a $4.26 billion White House request and $4.04 billion appropriation for 2022. *Deep space exploration: a $7.47 billion 2023 consolidated appropriation compared with a $7.48 billion White House request and a $6.79 billion appropriation for 2022. In terms of NASA’s major space and science directorates, the 2023 omnibus compared with the 2023 White House request and the 2022 appropriation are as follows: Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said as the politically controversial omnibus emerged prior to a transition from a Democratic-led to a Republican-led Congress on Jan. “The choice is clear: We can either do our jobs and fund the federal government, which is undoubtedly in the interest of the American people, or we can abandon our responsibilities without a real path forward,” Sen. The last in a series of three budget continuing resolutions that prevented a government shutdown was set to expire at midnight Dec. 30 without congressional enactment of a fiscal 2023 budget. That is $600 million less than the agency’s 2023 budget request but $1.34 billion more than for fiscal 2022, which ended on Sept. His signature followed passage of the omnibus appropriations bill, H.R.2617, by the Senate 68-29 on Dec. 29 signed the $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus measure that funds all government agencies through Sept. While vacationing in the Virgin Islands, Biden late Dec. Other objectives include developing commercial successors to the International Space Station (ISS), returning samples from Mars to Earth and detecting asteroid/comet impact threats. HOUSTON-NASA will continue its effort to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon and keep pursuing a number of science and technology objectives under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 signed into law by President Joe Biden.
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