8th MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, DECEMBER 2020
The 8th and last meeting of the White House National Space Council under the leadership of Vice President Mike Pence took place on December 9, 2020 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL. The two major announcements were release of a new National Space Policy and naming 18 NASA astronauts who now comprise the Artemis Team or Artemis Cadre of astronauts who will go to the Moon.
Immediately prior to the meeting, Pence stopped at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, adjacent to KSC, and announced its new name is Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base, which manages CCAFS, is now Patrick Space Force Base.
SpacePolicyOnline.com published three articles summarizing the events:
- Trump Administration Issues New National Space Policy
- New Names for CCAFS and Patrick Air Force Base
- NASA Picks 18 Astronauts for its First Artemis Cadre