Vice President Mike Pence got an insider's look at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday and promised more glory days ahead for "this gateway to the stars." "I was praying for rain at the Kennedy Space Center so we might see that rocket go up today," he said. Last month, Pence visited Johnson Space Center in Houston to help introduce America's newest astronauts. It is NASA's launch hub, but hasn't seen any astronaut takeoffs since the shuttles retired in 2011. Kennedy Space Center's director, Robert Cabana, a former shuttle commander, exited the same way a few minutes earlier, accompanied by NASA's acting administrator Robert Lightfoot.

Source: ABC News July 06, 2017 16:48 UTC