NASA gets $21.5 billion as Congress ends threat of second shutdown

摘要

An appropriation bill signed into law Feb. 15 gives NASA $21.5 billion for fiscal year 2019, $1.6 billion above the administration's original request. The bill, which combined several separate appropriations bills as well as a border security package, was approved by wide majorities in the House and Senate Feb. 14 in a bid to avoid another partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump signed the bill Feb. 15, hours before the continuing resolution funding those parts of the government was set to expire.