
NASA Funding. The $1.3-trillion fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill, which President Donald Trump signed into law March 23, contains $20.7 billion for NASA, a $1.1 billion increase from FY 2017. To support deep-space exploration, the omnibus includes $2.15 billion to continue developing the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and $1.35 billion to continue developing the Orion crew vehicle. The measure also includes $760 million for space technology, including $130 million for the Restore-L robotic satellite-servicing program; $533.7 million for…