President Obama and NASA Reviews

President Obama Speaks at NASA's Kennedy Space CenterCredit: NASAPresident Barack Obama spoke at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.

Gallery: President Obama and NASA

SPACE.com Staff

Date: 18 January 2013 Time: 07:56 AM ET

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President Barack Obama waves farewell after speaking at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Obama visited Kennedy to deliver remarks on the bold new course the administration is charting to maintain U.S. leadership in human space flight

President Obama Meets the Final Shuttle Crew in the White HouseCredit: White House/Pete SouzaJanet Kavandi, Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson Space Center, presents President Obama with a jacket during a drop by with the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Oval Office, Nov. 1, 2011. The jacket features patches from several past space shuttle missions. Pictured in the background, from left, are: Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, Commander Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim.

Discovery and ISS Crews Take Presidential CallCredit: NASA TVThe STS-133 and Expedition 26 crew members gather in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station to speak with President Barack Obama on March 3, 2011.

Senator Bill Nelson at the Podium Shakes Hands with the PresidentCredit: NASAIn the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama greets U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson before addressing the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden looks on, at right

Come Talk to MeCredit: NASA/Bill IngallsPresident Barack Obama walks with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk while touring the SpaceX launch facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 15, 2010. The President stopped by on his way to visit NASA’s nearby Kennedy Space Center to deliver remarks on his planned new for U.S. human space flight.

NASA Deputy Administrator Shakes Hands with the PresidentCredit: NASANASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver shakes hands with President Barack Obama as she and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, welcome the President to Kennedy in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.

President Obama and Advisors De-planeCredit: NASAPresident Barack Obama, left, exits Air Force One with (L to R) US Representative Suzanne M. Kosmas (D - FL), U.S Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin after landing at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010. 

President Barack Obama Waves From Air Force One Credit: NASAPresident Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One along with Senator Bill Nelson after landing at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010. 

President Barack Obama Talks to Astronauts Aboard the International Space StationCredit: NASA/Bill IngallsU.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of Congress and middle school children, waves as he talks on the phone from the Roosevelt Room of the White House to astronauts on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington

President Obama Calls Astronauts on Shuttle, StationCredit: White House/Pete SouzaU.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the shuttle and station crew members on March 24, 2009 during the STS-119 mission.

Obama Flies Near Space Shuttle Launch PadCredit: Roger Guillemette for SPACE.comMarine One, a helicopter carrying President Barack Obama and his family, flies near the space shuttle Endeavour and NASA's Launch Pad 39A during a visit on April 29, 2011 following a launch delay for the shuttle's final mission. Another helicopter is accompanying Marine One.

 

 

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