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Jim Bridenstine speaks after his inauguration as NASA's new director by Vice President Mike Pence, during a solemn ceremony at NASA headquarters on April 23, 2018 in Washington, DC
Jim Bridenstine speaks after swearing in as NASA's new director by Vice President Mike Pence, at a swearing-in ceremony, at NASA headquarters on April 23, 2018 in Washington, DC
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Announces Sales Team in Houston
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will be in Houston next week to announce the astronauts badigned to the first flight tests and missions of the two spacecraft under development. The announcement was originally scheduled at Kennedy Space Center of NASA Florida. But Wednesday, Bridenstine tweeted that it would take place on August 3 at Johnson Space Center in Houston
The center of Houston is home to the body of astronauts of the nation, where research and training on human space flights take place. It also houses the mission operations of the International Space Station and the Orion program
The astronauts named August 3 will be "the first crews launched on spacecraft manufactured in America from American soil since the end of the space shuttle program Bridenstine tweeted Wednesday afternoon. The space shuttle program ended in 2011, and the United States has since relied on the Russians to take our astronauts to the space station.
Vice President Mike Pence was originally scheduled to announce to Kennedy. It seems to have been removed from the list of speakers scheduled with the pbadage to Johnson
Boeing and SpaceX are developing commercial space flights in partnership with NASA.
"Commercial transport to and from the space station will allow the station expanded use, additional search time and greater opportunities for discovery aboard the lab in orbit," according to a NASA statement Wednesday. "The station is essential for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-term space flights, required for a sustainable presence on the Moon and deeper missions in the solar system, including Mars."
Alex Stuckey covers NASA and the environment for the Houston Chronicle. You can reach her at [email protected] or Twitter.com/alexdstuckey.
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