Tag: Mike Pence
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VP Mike Pence revs up NASA schedule for putting astronauts on station in lunar orbit
Vice President Mike Pence is flanked by portraits of NASA’s Orion space capsule and a space station in lunar orbit as he speaks at Johnson Space Center in Texas. (NASA via YouTube) During a pep talk to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas, Vice President Mike Pence today highlighted what he saw as the mistakes…
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VP Mike Pence details plan to create Space Force (sans starship troopers) by 2020
Vice President Mike Pence outlines the Trump administration’s plans for raising the profile of space defense, leading to the establishment of the Department of the Space Force, during a Pentagon address. (White House / DOD via YouTube) The Trump administration is taking immediate steps to raise the profile of the Defense Department’s space operations, and…
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Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivered remarks at Monday’s meeting of the National Space Council at the White House. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Catching observers off guard, President Trump, in remarks before a National Space Council Meeting at the White House Monday, officially directed to Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of…
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Bridenstine sworn in as 13th NASA administrator
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine walk to Bridenstine’s office at NASA Headquarters on Monday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine resigned from the House of Representatives Monday and was sworn in as NASA’s 13th administrator by Vice President Mike Pence, chairman…
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NASA’s new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, touts bipartisanship after divisive debate
Vice President Mike Pence stands behind NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after his swearing-in ceremony. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) WASHINGTON — Just hours after his resignation from the House took effect, Jim Bridenstine was sworn in today as NASA’s 13th administrator and signaled that he’d try to mend the partisan divisions that marked his nomination.…
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White House readies new system for space traffic management, VP Mike Pence says
Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. (Space Symposium via YouTube) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Trump administration is getting set to sign off on a new set of procedures for managing space traffic and minimizing space junk, Vice President Mike Pence said today. During an opening address to the 34th…
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National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China
With NASA’s Orion deep-space capsule serving as a backdrop, Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a meeting of the National Space Council at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA via YouTube) Space industry deregulation, and the potential perils posed by China’s space program, shared the spotlight at today’s meeting of the National Space Council, presided…
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VP Mike Pence visits Virgin Galactic and Stratolaunch space ventures in Mojave
Vice President Mike Pence sits in the cockpit of Stratolaunch’s mammoth airplane in Mojave, Calif. (Stratolaunch Systems Photo) Vice President Mike Pence made Mojave, Calif., the latest stop on his nationwide tour of spaceship development sites today, with visits to Virgin Galactic and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch hangar. Pence was accompanied by his wife,…
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NASA says it’s OK for VP Mike Pence to touch that hardware marked ‘Do Not Touch’
Even Vice President Mike Pence couldn’t resist tweeting a Photoshopped version of the “Do Not Touch” photo snapped during his visit to Kennedy Space Center. (@VP Mike Pence via Twitter) You know that viral photo of Vice President Mike Pence putting his hand on a piece of space hardware marked with a “Do Not Touch”…
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Pence vows to renew American space leadership
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence, chairman of the recently re-established National Space Council, toured the Kennedy Space Center Thursday and vowed to renew American leadership on the high frontier, telling spaceport workers “our nation will return to the moon, and we will put American boots on the face of…