Vice President Mike Pence called for renewed U.S. leadership in space
during the first meeting of the National Space Council – outlining
exploration goals that include returning American astronauts to the
Moon, to build the foundation needed to send Americans to Mars and
beyond. The October 5 council meeting, held at the Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, outside Washington,
brought together representatives from all aspects and sectors of the
national space enterprise, for the first time in a quarter century –
including NASA’s Acting Administrator, Robert Lightfoot. Also, U.S.
Spacewalk aboard the Space Station, Eugene Parker Views Solar Probe
Spacecraft, Scientists Find Giant Black Hole Pairs, and Parachute Test
Platform Launched!