NASA Mourns Death of President George H.W. Bush
NASA's chief Jim Bridenstine that the entire U.S. space agency is in mourning for President George H. W. Bush, who died in his Houston home at age 94 on Friday (Nov. 30). "NASA and the nation mourn the passing of President George Herbert Walker Bush, a leader who was a passionate advocate for space exploration," Bridenstine said in a statement Saturday. Bush launched the Space Exploration Initiative on July 20, 1989 – the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing – to galvanize NASA to once again return astronauts to the moon, and then aim for a crewed mission to Mars. More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 4)