Fresh off the announcement last week thathe will lead a revived National Space Council, Vice President Mike Pence is set to visit to NASAs Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Pence who was named byPresident Donald Trump last Friday to helm the new commission Trump said will help the U.S. think big once again will tour the Cape Canaveral facility and learn more about the centers work as a multi-user spaceport for commercial and government clients,NASA said in a news release. <\/p>\n
The agency said Pence will learn about NASAs efforts to travel past the moon and to Mars, with NASAs new Space Launch System rocket and Orion craft. <\/p>\n
The vice president is scheduled to land aboard Air Force Two on the space centers famed Shuttle Landing Facility runway at noon. He then will speak to NASA employees just before 1 p.m. <\/p>\n
NASA said it will broadcast much of Pences tripvia NASA TV. <\/p>\n
Last month, Pence traveled to Houston to introduce NASAs 2017 class of astronaut candidates. <\/p>\n
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