This Week at NASA: More Budget Talk, ISS Crew Launch and More
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden was back on Capitol Hill during the week of March 13 for more Congressional hearings on the agency’s $19 billion dollar Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal.
On Tuesday, Bolden testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and on Thursday, the administrator responded to questions from the House Science Subcommittee on Space. The budget proposed by President Obama will fund NASA initiatives to send American astronauts to Mars in the 2030s, expand our knowledge about our universe, and improve the quality of life on Earth, as well as the health of the planet itself. Also, New crew launches to ISS, More science on next ISS supply mission, NASA Women in Action, NASA radios on European Mars mission and more.