Vice President Pence to Visit NASA's Ames Research Center, Discuss Lunar Exploration

Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston.
Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Vice President Mike Pence, along with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, will visit NASA's Ames Research Center in Californias Silicon Valley Thursday, Nov. 14, to discuss the role the center will play in the agencys 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 agencys website.

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