Trump to send US astronauts 'back to the moon'
by Steven Nelson | Dec 11, 2017, 11:49 AM
President Trump will sign a policy directive Monday setting in motion the return of U.S. astronauts to the moon.
American astronauts visited the moon six times in the late 1960s and early '70s, beginning with Neil Armstrong’s first steps in 1969 and ending with Apollo 17 in 1972.
Trump will instruct the NASA administrator “to lead an innovative space exploration program to send American astronauts back to the Moon, and eventually Mars,†White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.
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