MOREHEAD, Ky. (WMDJ) – U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) visited Morehead State University’s Space Science Center on Thursday to announce a federal earmark totaling nearly $10 million in Community Project Funding to broaden the region’s highly competitive deep space network.

 

The funding will be used to enhance the two space tracking stations on the MSU campus to support future government-funded and commercial space programs.
 
“The staff and students at Morehead State are now involved in some of the United States’ most innovative and historic space missions. This project will allow the space science center to support future NASA programs, including NASA’s Near Space Network, Artemis and the Moon to Mars Program,” said Congressman Rogers, chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee that funds science-related federal agencies.
 
Congressman Rogers also requested an additional $7.5 million for fiscal year 2025 for MSU’s Space Science Center to provide payload operations for government and commercial space stations.