NASA HQ News: NASA Television to Broadcast Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council

March 25, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-020
NASA Television to Broadcast Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council
Meeting of the National Space Council
Vice President Mike Pence, chairman of the National Space Council, will convene and preside over the fifth meeting.
Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflet

NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the fifth meeting of the National Space Council starting at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 26.

The meeting will focus on the Trump Administration’s Moon, Mars and beyond plans, and be held at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Vice President Mike Pence, chairman of the council, will convene and preside over the meeting, which will include a report out from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. The meeting also will include reports from various other council members, two expert panels on human space exploration, and council discussion, from which Vice President Pence will provide policy recommendations for the president.

The expert panels are:

Panel 1: Ready to Fly

    Les Lyles, retired U.S. Air Force general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
    Eileen Collins, retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut
    Sandy Magnus, former NASA astronaut

Panel 2: Ready to Explore

    Dan Dumbacher, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Jack Burns, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Wanda Sigur, independent consultant

Images and video from the meeting will be available at:

https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources

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