The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a spending bill the week of Oct. 15 that would give NASA an extra $1 billion in emergency funding to help the space agency recover financially from the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia accident. The money was added Oct. 4 as an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill that already included $17.5 billion for NASA, $150 million more than the White House is seeking.

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