NASA Receives Significant Budget Boost for Fiscal Year 2016

NASA has just received a significant boost in the agency's current budget after both chambers of Congress passed the $1.1 Trillion 2016 omnibus spending bill this morning, Friday, Dec. 18, which funds the US government through the remainder of Fiscal Year 2016. As part of the omnibus bill, NASA's approved budget amounts to nearly $19.3 Billion - an outstandingly magnificent result and a remarkable turnaround to some long awaited good news from the decidedly negative outlook earlier this year. Th...