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Acting Administrator Lightfoot, Secretary DeVos and Astronaut Kate Rubins

Acting NASA administrator Lightfoot with astronaut Kate Rubins and Secretary DeVos outside White House
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, along with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, center, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, talks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House.

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, along with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, center, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, talks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House shortly after President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and Rubins, talked with NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer onboard the International Space Station Monday, April 24, 2017 from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The President congratulated Whitson for breaking the record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut. The President and First Daughter also discussed with the three astronauts what it is like to live and work on the orbiting outpost as well as the importance of STEM.

Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)