Vice President Mike Pence Visits NASA’s Ames Research Center To Discuss Lunar Exploration

By  //  November 14, 2019

address will air live at about 2:45 p.m. EST

Vice President Mike Pence, along with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, will visit NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley Thursday, Nov. 14, to discuss the role the center will play in the agency’s plans to return astronauts to the Moon. (NASA Image)

(NASA) – Vice President Mike Pence, along with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, will visit NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley Thursday, Nov. 14, to discuss the role the center will play in the agency’s plans to return astronauts to the Moon.

The event will take place in the NASA Vertical Motion Simulator, a facility that will be integral in developing a lander needed for the Artemis program, which land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.

The address will air live at about 2:45 p.m. EST (11:45 a.m. PST) on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

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