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NASA releases 2015 budget with some mission cuts

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NASA received a proposed $17.5
 billion in President Obama's budget recommendations for fiscal year 
2015, released March 4. The proposal, down from the $17.6 billion that 
NASA received in the 2014 budget, will support the space agency’s goals 
of launching the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018, extending the life 
of the International Space Station until 2024 and sending humans to an 
asteroid by 2025 and to Mars in the 2030s.<br />
The proposal includes 
funding for about 35 missions being prepared for launch and 60 missions 
already in operation. But it outlines a plan to place the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy,
 or SOFIA, in storage by 2015 unless partners can provide NASA's portion
 of the funding for the telescope. The space agency provides 80 percent 
of the funding for SOFIA. NASA officials made the announcement during a 
March 4 press conference.</div>
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NASA releases 2015 budget with some mission cuts

NASA received a proposed $17.5 billion in President Obama's budget recommendations for fiscal year 2015, released March 4. Th...

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