Vice President Mike Pence called for returning U.S. astronauts to the Moon and eventual missions to Mars during the first meeting of the National Space Council, held on October 5 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, outside Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council meeting brought together representatives from all aspects and sectors of the national space enterprise, for the first time in a quarter century. NASA’s Acting Administrator, Robert Lightfoot was among the participants.
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