NASA Spending Plan Focuses On Science, Commercializing LEO

Space Launch System assembly
Production of the second Space Launch System core stage, earmarked for the Artemis II crewed flight test around the Moon, is underway at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Credit: NASA
In its first budget request for NASA, the Biden administration seeks to expand ongoing programs to commercialize low Earth orbit, create a sustained human and robotic presence around the Moon and continue the search for life on Mars and beyond. The $24.8 billion request for fiscal 2022—an increase...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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