(The Center Square) – House lawmakers advanced a spending bill rejecting President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to NASA, keeping the agency's budget flat at $24.4 billion.
The White House requested $18.8 billion for NASA, a 23% cut from existing funding levels, while shifting resources away from science and aeronautics programs toward moon and Mars exploration.
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