For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Former 3 term U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D) from Florida and veteran space flyer was sworn in today, May 3, as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris after he was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week following his formal nomination for the prestigious post by President Joe
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – President Biden is proposing a $24.7 Billion Budget for NASA in Fiscal Year 2022 in newly released initial funding documents from the Biden Administration. This FY 2022 NASA discretionary budget spending proposal amounts to a significant 6.3% increase over the enacted budget for 2021 amounting to $1.5 Billion and thereby indicates strong support for NASA programs
Former Sen. Bill Nelson nominated by President Biden to serve as the next NASA Administrator. In this file photo Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida welcomes the newly arrived Orion crew capsule at a Kennedy Space Center unveiling ceremony on July 2, 2012 and proclaims Mars is NASA’s long term goal for human exploration. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/SpaceUpClose.comFor SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA has selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch the first two elements of the Lunar orbiting Gateway platform on a commercial rocket for a flight targeting no earlier than May 2024. Gateway will become the first permanent mini space station around the moon and be launched into the near-rectilinear halo orbit
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The Biden White House backed NASA’s Project Artemis goal of landing humans on the Moon in a recent briefing by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in the most detailed comments about the new Administrations strategy regarding space exploration – although few details or timelines were specified. NASA’s current goal of landing
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – At the request of the new incoming Biden White House a 3.9 Billion Year Old NASA Apollo Moon Rock is now on display in the Oval Office as of Inauguration Day Jan. 20, 2021 and confirms the powerful support of President Biden “for America’s current Moon to Mars exploration approach” – namely