Vice President Mike Pence, left, tours the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Feb. 21, 2018. SpaceX officials, along with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Bob Behnken, examine the type of pressure suit helmet to be worn as crews travel to the International Space Station aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. During his visit, Pence chaired a meeting of the National Space Council in the high bay of the center’s Space Station Processing Facility. The council’s role is to advise the president regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation’s long-range goals for space activities.