House NASA bill seeks details on lunar lander and spacesuit development

House NASA bill seeks details on lunar lander and spacesuit development

A NASA authorization bill the House Science Committee is scheduled to take up this week would require closer scrutiny of lunar lander and spacesuit development for the Artemis program. The post House NASA bill seeks details on lunar lander and spacesuit development appeared first on SpaceNews.

Congress is Considering a NASA Authorization Bill—Again

It’s a new year—so that means it’s time for Congress to launch a new effort to pass a NASA authorization bill. The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will meet at 10am tomorrow to mark up the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026. Recently, it’s become an annual exercise for lawmakers, and a stated priority for committee leaders past and present. However, past bills have stalled and failed to codify the space agency’s missions.  Civics 10…

NASA Reauthorization Bill Aims to Lock In Commercial Role in Space Economy

A new NASA authorization bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would deepen the agency’s reliance on U.S. commercial space companies for everything from lunar landers and spacesuits to space station cargo flights and future commercial stations in low-Earth orbit, potentially steering billions of dollars in work toward the private sector over the next decade.Lawmakers will hold their first discussion of the bill Wednesday in a hearing called …