Legislation Setting NASA's New Direction Finally Clears Congress

President Obama's plan for NASA--or at least a modified version of it--cleared a major hurdle late on Sept. 29, when the House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's version of a three-year authorization bill for the space agency. The legislation would add one space shuttle flight to the docket, raising the total number of remaining shuttle missions to three, and would pave the way for commercial operators to return astronauts to orbit once the shuttle is retired in 2011. [More] NASA - Space Shuttle - Space - Technology - United States House of Representatives

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