Senate Committee Approves Legislation Supporting NASA’s Artemis Lunar Campaign Written 5 March 2026

Senate Committee Approves Legislation Supporting NASA’s Artemis Lunar Campaign

NASA’s SLS and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. | Credit: NASA

Ars Technica reports, “During a brief hearing on Wednesday morning, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation spent only a few minutes ‘marking up’ new legislation that provides guidance to NASA for its various initiatives, including the Artemis program to land humans on the Moon. ‘Our bill authorizes critical funding for, and gives strategic direction to, the agency in line with the priorities of administrator Isaacman and the Trump administration,’ said the committee’s chairman, Sen. Ted Cruz, (R-Texas).”
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