The House Appropriations Committee has released a spending bill that would give NASA a budget of $19.5 billion for fiscal year 2017, which is $500 million above President Barack Obama’s request. The measure boosts spending for exploration and science programs. Details from the measure are below:
Exploration: $4.183 billion
- Orion: $1.35 billion
- Space Launch System: $2 billion
- Exploration Upper Stage: $250 million of SLS funding
- Exploration Ground Systems: $429 million
- Exploration R&D: $404 million
Science: $5.597 billion
- James Webb Space Telescope: $8 billion cost cap
- Jupiter Europa orbiter and lander: $260 million
- Use of the Space Launch System as the launch vehicle or vehicles for the Jupiter Europa mission plan
- launch of the Jupiter Eruopa orbiter launch no later than 2022 and a lander launch no later than 2024.
Space Operations: $4.89 billion
Space Technology: $739.2 million
Aeronautics: $712 million
Education: $115 million
Safety, Security & Mission Services: $2.835 billion
Construction & Environmental Compliance and Restoration: $398 million
Office of Inspector General: $38.1 million