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Committee backs Space Exploration Research Act to let NASA lease unused facilities for research partnerships

5510943 · July 31, 2025
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The Senate Commerce Committee ordered S.2351, the Space Exploration Research Act, to be reported favorably. The bill would authorize NASA centers to enter agreements with states, universities or nonprofits to develop unused facilities for space research, workforce training and partnerships.

The Senate Commerce Committee voted June 20 to report S.2351, the Space Exploration Research Act, to the Senate. Chairman Roger Wicker described the bill as authorizing NASA centers to sign agreements with states, universities or nonprofits to develop unused facilities for space research, and cited several NASA facilities by way…

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