In Photos: VP Mike Pence Calls Astronauts from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
From the POIC to the ISS
Vice President Mike Pence, right, talks with Expedition 53 crew members Joe Acaba, Randy Bresnik, and Mark Vande Hei onboard the International Space Station from the Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC) of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center as Lt. Gen. Edward Daly, left, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Todd May, Marshall Space Flight Center International Space Station Payload Operations Director Stephanie Dudley, and Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., look on.
An Audience
Vice President Mike Pence, right, talks with Expedition 53 crew members Joe Acaba, Randy Bresnik, and Mark Vande Hei onboard the International Space Station from the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center as
Learning the Ropes
Marshall Space Flight Center International Space Station Payload Operations Director Stephanie Dudley, shows Vice President Mike Pence the Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC) of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 in Huntsville, Alabama.
Meeting the Team
Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, meets Marshall Space Flight Center International Space Station Operations Controller Joshua Johnson, left, as Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., right, looks on, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 in Huntsville, Alabama.
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