美航宇局从1986年10月1日起开始执行1987年空间预算计划。这是美国1986年2月18日“挑战者”号爆炸后的第一个空间预算年度。国会批准的1987年航宇局空间预算为七十七亿九千五百万美元,比航宇局申请预算额少一亿七千一百万美元。1987年研制空间站预算有四亿一千万美元。1987年预算分配如下:用于研究穿过大气技术的经费为四千万美元;用于进行国家空天飞 The U.S. Aeronautics and Space Administration began implementing the 1987 Space Budget Plan on October 1, 1986. This was the first space budget year after the “Challenger” blast of the United States on February 18, 1986. The space budget approved by the National Assembly for 1987 was 7.795 billion U.S. dollars, which is 171 million U.S. dollars less than the budget for the Aerospace Administration. In 1987, the budget for the development of a space station was US$410 million. The 1987 budget was allocated as follows: $40 million for research into atmospheric technology;