Senate Passes $24.4B NASA Spending Bill

Irene Klotz January 16, 2026
NASA's second Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule are being prepared to roll out to Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 17 for a tanking test ahead of launch possibly in early February.

NASA's second Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule are being prepared to roll out to Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 17 for a tanking test ahead of launch possibly in early February.

Credit: Keegan Barber/NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—With strong bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate on Jan. 15 joined the House of Representatives in passing a fiscal 2026 budget for NASA that nearly matches its current spending levels and rebukes deep cuts initially proposed by the Trump administration. The $24.4 billion budget for...
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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