Hearings

Information about NASA hearings before the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees is below.  Note: Hearings primarily occur in the timeframe following the release of the President’s Budget Request, which occurs annually on the first Monday of February. 

Upcoming Hearings

FY 2024

• Review of the FY 2024 Funding Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation 
  U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – 2:30 PM in Dirksen Senate Office Building SD – 192Witness: 
  The Honorable Bill Nelson
  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationThe Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan
  ​Director, National Science Foundation

• Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
  U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – 1:30pm – VirtualWitness:
  The Honorable Bill Nelson
  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Previous Hearings

FY 2023

• Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
  U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeTuesday, May 17, 2023 – 9:00am – VirtualWitness:
  The Honorable Bill Nelson
  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administratio

• Review of the FY 2023 Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science FoundationU.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Tuesday, May 3 2022 – 10:00 AM in Dirksen Senate Office Building SD – 192Witness:
  The Honorable Bill Nelson
  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationThe Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan
  Director, National Science Foundation

FY 2022

• Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for NASAU.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Wednesday, May 19, 2021 – 2:00pm – VirtualWitness:
  The Honorable Bill Nelson
  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Review of the FY 2022 Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationU.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Tuesday, June 15, 2021 – 2:00 PM in Dirksen Senate Office Building SD – 192Witness:
  The Honorable Bill Nelson
  Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

FY 2021

• Oversight of NASA’s Budget and ActivitiesU.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Wednesday, September 23, 2020 – 2:00 PM in 325 Russell Senate Office Building

FY 2020

• NASA’s Proposal to Advance the Next Moon Landing by Four YearsU.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Wednesday, October 16, 2019 – 9:45am in 2362-B Rayburn House Office BuildingWitness:
  James Bridenstine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Mr. Kenneth D. Bowersox, Acting Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, National Aeronautic

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) EngagementU.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Thursday, September 19, 2019 – 10:00am in H-309 CAPITOLWitness:
  Michael Kincaid, Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Review of the FY2020 Budget Request for NASAU.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Wednesday, May 1, 2019 – 2:30pm in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

• NASA’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Wednesday, March 27, 2019 – 2:30pm in 2358-C Rayburn House Office Building Witness:
  James Bridenstine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Oversight Hearing: Understanding the Changing Climate System and the Role of Climate Research
  U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
  Tuesday, February 26 at 10 a.m. in H-309
  
  Witness:
  Dr. Michael Freilich, Director of NASA’s Earth Science Division
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