Two Washington state women join ‘Artemis Team’ to go on NASA’s moon missions NASA today named the first 18 astronauts of its “Artemis Team” for missions to the moon — and two of… Read More
Washington’s governor appeals to VP Mike Pence for more COVID-19 testing supplies In a strongly worded letter, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told Vice President Mike Pence today that the state has “nowhere… Read More
VP Mike Pence talks up property rights as he opens international space conference WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Mike Pence recapped the Trump administration’s plans to put astronauts on the lunar surface and… Read More
National Space Council meeting highlights moon and Mars plan – plus nuclear power The latest meeting of the National Space Council provided a forum to build support for NASA’s twin-focus plan to send… Read More
VP Mike Pence sets 5-year deadline for landing Americans at moon’s south pole Vice President Mike Pence today called for American astronauts to return to the moon in five years, laying down a… Read More
Trump authorizes revival of U.S. Space Command, with Space Force on agenda President Donald Trump today authorized the Pentagon to set up the U.S. Space Command as its own combatant command, in… Read More
Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a… Read More
VP Mike Pence revs up NASA schedule for putting astronauts on station in lunar orbit During a pep talk to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas, Vice President Mike Pence today highlighted what he saw… Read More
Late-night comics are over the moon when it comes to ridiculing Trump’s Space Force plans As if the Trump administration’s plan to establish a Space Force by 2020 wasn’t comical enough — especially in the… Read More
VP Mike Pence details plan to create Space Force (sans starship troopers) by 2020 The Trump administration is taking immediate steps to raise the profile of the Defense Department’s space operations, and asking Congress… Read More
NASA’s new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, touts bipartisanship after divisive debate WASHINGTON — Just hours after his resignation from the House took effect, Jim Bridenstine was sworn in today as NASA’s… Read More
White House readies new system for space traffic management, VP Mike Pence says COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Trump administration is getting set to sign off on a new set of procedures for… Read More
National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China Space industry deregulation, and the potential perils posed by China’s space program, shared the spotlight at today’s meeting of the… Read More
VP Mike Pence visits Virgin Galactic and Stratolaunch space ventures in Mojave Vice President Mike Pence made Mojave, Calif., the latest stop on his nationwide tour of spaceship development sites today, with… Read More
NASA says it’s OK for VP Mike Pence to touch that hardware marked ‘Do Not Touch’ You know that viral photo of Vice President Mike Pence putting his hand on a piece of space hardware marked… Read More
Vice President Mike Pence vows return to moon and ‘boots on Mars’ in NASA speech Vice President Mike Pence, the newly minted chairman of a revived National Space Council, said today that President Donald Trump… Read More
