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Exploration

Schedules

TAFS: 080-0124 2025/2032 - Exploration

Iterations:
  • 1: 9/21/25 (this iteration)
Adjustment authority: No
Reporting categories: No
Account: Exploration
Line #SplitDescriptionAmountFootnotes
1200BA: Mand: Appropriation $7,420,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 1200:

B1: Section 40005 of Title IV of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) amends Chapter 203 of Title 51, United States Code, to provide special mandatory appropriations totaling $9.995 billion, to remain available until September 30, 2032, for NASA Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program. The Exploration request includes $700.0 million for the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, $2.6 billion for Gateway, $4.1 billion for Space Launch System (SLS), Artemis IV and V and $20.0 million for Orion.

1920Total budgetary resources avail (disc. and mand.) $7,420,000,000
6011Mars Telecommunications Orbiter $700,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6011:

A1: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(1), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $700.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6012Gateway $1,100,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6012:

A2: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(2), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $750.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6013Space Launch System $1,025,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6013:

A3: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(3), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $1,025.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6014Orion $20,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6014:

A4: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(4), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $20.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6170Apportioned in FY 2027 $1,775,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6170:

A5: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 sections (a)(2) and (a)(3), not less than $1,775.0 million is to be available for obligation in fiscal year 2027. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6171Apportioned in FY 2028 $1,775,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6171:

A6: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 sections (a)(2) and (a)(3), not less than $1,775.0 million is to be available for obligation in fiscal year 2028. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6172Apportioned in FY 2029 $1,025,000,000See footnotes below
Footnotes for line 6172:

A7: Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(3), not less than $1,025.0 million is to be available for obligation in fiscal year 2029. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]

6190Total budgetary resources available $7,420,000,000

Footnotes

Footnotes provide further information about, or establish further legal requirements related to the use of, the funds in a given line or set of lines in an apportionment. If footnotes appear on lines 1920 or 6190, they apply to all the lines in the 1xxx and 6xxx sections, respectively. The following are all the footnotes associated with this file.

NumberText
A1
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(1), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $700.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
A2
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(2), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $750.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
A3
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(3), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $1,025.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
A4
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(4), of the amounts apportioned on this line, $20.0 million is available for obligation not later than fiscal year 2026. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
A5
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 sections (a)(2) and (a)(3), not less than $1,775.0 million is to be available for obligation in fiscal year 2027. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
A6
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 sections (a)(2) and (a)(3), not less than $1,775.0 million is to be available for obligation in fiscal year 2028. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
A7
Pursuant to 51 USC 20306 section (a)(3), not less than $1,025.0 million is to be available for obligation in fiscal year 2029. [Rationale: Footnote specifies when the funds are available for obligation pursuant to legal authority.]
B1
Section 40005 of Title IV of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) amends Chapter 203 of Title 51, United States Code, to provide special mandatory appropriations totaling $9.995 billion, to remain available until September 30, 2032, for NASA Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program. The Exploration request includes $700.0 million for the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, $2.6 billion for Gateway, $4.1 billion for Space Launch System (SLS), Artemis IV and V and $20.0 million for Orion.

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