VP Kamala Harris Announces Intent for Astronauts to Land on the Moon by 2030 at Third Meeting of the National Space Council
Harris focused on the agency's commitment to astronauts landing on the moon by 2030 and the importance of international cooperation in the effort.
(Washington, D.C.) At the third meeting of the National Space Council – held this afternoon, Wednesday, December 20th, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. – chairperson and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the agency’s intent for astronauts to land on the moon by the end of the decade, and stressed the importance of international cooperation in the effort.
Photo courtesy of NASA/Joel Kowsky.
The meeting was live-streamed on NASA’s YouTube channel.
“Alongside American astronauts we intend to land an international astronaut on the surface of the moon by the end of the decade,” Vice President Harris said. “This announcement and this meeting of our national space council is further demonstration of our belief in the critical importance of international partnership.”
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Artemis II and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen represented the respective agencies at the meeting.
Harris concluded her speech by stating her belief that “we are all here together because we agree space is a place of extraordinary opportunity.”
“So our task – dare I say our duty – as nations must be to work together to make that opportunity real and to preserve it for future generations,” the Vice President said.
