SOFIA Archives

House appropriators partially restored funding for a planetary defense mission as part of a spending bill while also raising concerns about NASA’s closure of an airborne observatory and plans to return samples from Mars.

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House appropriators partially restore funding for planetary defense mission

Astronomers want “strong finish” for SOFIA

NASA defends decision to shut down SOFIA

NASA and DLR to end SOFIA operations

SOFIA makes case for continued operations

Astrophysics decadal survey recommends NASA terminate SOFIA

House appropriators approve NASA spending bill with revised lunar lander and nuclear propulsion language

SOFIA operations continue despite cancellation threat

NASA requests $24.8 billion in 2022, proposes to cancel SOFIA again

NASA receives $23.271 billion in fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill

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