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NASA discusses the 2024 federal budget request during today’s press conference

NASA will discuss its budget for fiscal year 2024 at a press conference today, Monday (March 13), according to NASA. space.

The White House unveiled its 2024 federal budget request Thursday (March 9), revealing that it has set aside $27.2 billion for NASA in the next fiscal year, $1.8 billion more than what the agency received for 2023.

The document released Thursday was a “low budget” overview that lacked many details. Those details will come when the full budget, expected on Monday, is revealed and will be discussed by NASA at a news conference.

The budget revealed some interesting details about the budget request, for example, NASA’s proposed budget allocates $8.1 billion to the program. Artemis to discover the moon

The budget request also gives $949 million to NASA for the Mars Sample Return Project, a collaboration with the European Space Agency.

Interestingly, the budget request “also supports NASA’s contribution to U.S. collaboration with the spacecraft mission.” Exomars European Space Agency, formerly joint mission with Russia”.

The rover was supposed to be launched into space ExomarsHis name is Rosalind Franklin, he’s on a Russian rocket and launched to the Red Planet from a Russian-made lander, but after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the collaboration collapsed, forcing the European Space Agency to seek new partnerships and fund its endless smallness. . See details about the “NASA Contribution” at http://www.nasa.org/contribution ExomarsPerhaps this will be revealed when the full budget request is released.

NASA is not guaranteed to receive $27.2 billion in the 2024 fiscal year, which begins on October 1 of this year: Congress has the power in Washington, so it must pass a budget.

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