Mars Missions, Artemis Missions, and Moon to Mars Program

What the document says

“there is appropriated to the Administration for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,995,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2032, to use as follows:”

The section adds a new section 20306 to chapter 203 of title 51, United States Code, appropriating $9,995,000,000 to the Administration for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2032, split into seven uses: $700,000,000 for a Mars telecommunications orbiter; $2,600,000,000 for the program of record known as Gateway, of which at least $750,000,000 must be obligated in each of fiscal years 2026, 2027 and 2028; $4,100,000,000 for the Space Launch System for Artemis Missions IV and V, of which at least $1,025,000,000 must be obligated in each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029; $20,000,000 for continued procurement of the crew vehicle known as Orion; $1,250,000,000 for International Space Station operations, of which at least $250,000,000 must be obligated in each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029; $1,000,000,000 for infrastructure at the manned spaceflight centers; and $325,000,000 to fulfill contract number 80JSC024CA002 issued on June 26, 2024.

What the document says

“$700,000,000, to be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026, for the procurement, using a competitively bid, firm fixed-price contract with a United States commercial provider”

The section provides $700,000,000, to be obligated by fiscal year 2026, for a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter bought on a competitively bid firm fixed-price contract from a United States commercial provider as defined in section 50101(7). The orbiter must give robust continuous communications for a Mars sample return mission and for future Mars surface, orbital and human exploration missions, must support autonomous operations, onboard processing and extended mission duration, must be chosen from among commercial proposals that received Administration funding in fiscal year 2024 or 2025 for Mars Sample Return design studies and that proposed a separately launched telecommunications orbiter, and must be delivered by December 31, 2028.

What the document says

“$1,000,000,000 for infrastructure improvements at the manned spaceflight centers of the Administration, of which not less than--”

The section provides $1,000,000,000 for infrastructure at the manned spaceflight centers, with at least $120,000,000 for the John C. Stennis Space Center, $250,000,000 for the John F. Kennedy Space Center, $300,000,000 for the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, $100,000,000 for the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and $30,000,000 for the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, each to be obligated by fiscal year 2026, and $85,000,000 to carry out the space vehicle transfer, of which at least $5,000,000 is for moving the vehicle and the rest is transferred within 18 months of enactment to build a facility to house it.

What the document says

“Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall identify a space vehicle described in paragraph (2) to be--”

The section requires the Administrator, within 30 days of enactment, to identify a space vehicle to be transferred to a field center involved in the Commercial Crew Program and put on public exhibition at an entity within that center's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The vehicle must have flown into space, have carried astronauts, and be chosen with the concurrence of an entity the Administrator designates. It must be transferred to an entity the Administrator designates within 18 months of enactment.

What the document says

“Not less than 50 percent of the total funds in subsection (a) shall be obligated not later than September 30, 2028.”

The section requires at least 50 percent of the appropriated funds to be obligated by September 30, 2028, all of them to be obligated by September 30, 2029, and all associated outlays to occur by September 30, 2034.