President George Bush delivers an address to Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) employees during his visit to the center. President Bush gave NASA employees an objective to send missions back to the moon to stay then continue on to Mars, referring to the Space Station project.

JSC2003-E-05206 (3 February 2003) --- Former President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Bush talk with the three-member crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during a visit to the Johnson Space Center's station flight control room (BFCR) on Feb. 3, 2003. Onboard the orbital outpost are astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six commander; and Donald Pettit, ISS Science Officer; along with cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, flight engineer.

JSC2003-E-05215 (3 February 2003) --- Former President George H.W. Bush (second left) asks a question of Robert Castle during a visit to the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. Others pictured include JSC Director Gen. Jefferson D. Howell, Jr. (far left) and Flight Director Bryan Lunney.

JSC2003-E-05202 (3 February 2003) --- In the Station Flight Control Room of JSC's Mission Control Center, former President George H.W. Bush learns about current activity aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS) from Flight Director Sally Davis. The former Chief Executive and First Lady visited the Houston facility on Feb. 3, 2003.

President George Bush and Alabama Governor Guy Hunt are greeted by Marshall's sixth Center Director Thomas J. Lee (1989-1994) upon their arrival at Redstone Arsenal (RSA) airfield. This was the first sitting president to visit Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) since President Kennedy's visit almost 30 years ago.

Marshall Space Flight Center Director T. J. Lee greets President George Bush upon arrival at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield, June 20, 1990. During his visit Bush toured Marshall facilities and addressed Center employees.

View of Vice-President George Bush visiting with Astronaut Owen Garriott and Payload Specialist (PS) Wubbo Ockels of the Netherlands, inside the SL after the dedication ceremony, KSC Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building. 1. Astronaut Owen K. Garriott 2. Vice President George Bush 3. Wubbo Ockels - PS 4x5 Color and B&W

Mrs. George H.W. Bush talks to JSC Director Michael L. Coats and Diane Coats during visit to Houston.

Former President George H.W. Bush paid a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center to speak with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra and take a tour of the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. Kelly’s twin brother, Mark Kelly and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were also present. Photo Date: February 5, 2016. Location: Building 30 - ISS Flight Control Room. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

S83-30193 (8 April 1983) --- Vice President George Bush, left, is briefed by JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, right, during a visit to the mission operations control room (MOCR) in the Johnson Space Center?s mission control center. James Beggs, NASA administrator, center, accompanied the Vice President on his visit. Flight Director Gary E. Coen is partial visible at right edge of frame, The photograph was taken by Otis Imboden.

JSC2003-E-05209 (3 February 2003) --- Former First Lady Barbara Bush talks with Flight Director Sally Davis during a visit to the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The new NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (left) and former NASA astronaut Frederick Gregory pose for the photographer at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the conclusion of a visit to KSC. The administrator was at KSC on an agencywide familiarization tour of NASA field centers. He was nominated for the position as administrator in November 2001 by President George W. Bush. He was sworn in Dec. 21 as the agency's tenth chief

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vice President George H.W. Bush, third from left, is pictured with the Spacelab engineering module at the Spacelab Arrival Ceremony in the Operations and Checkout Building as he visits with, from left, astronaut Claude Nicollier, European Space Agency, and payload specialists Ulf Marbod, West Germany, and Wubbo Ockels, the Netherlands. Overhead, in the module, is Owen K. Garriott, U.S. astronaut. The European-built Spacelab, designed to provide a shirt-sleeve environment for scientists working in Earth orbit, is scheduled to fly its first mission in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle in 1983.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A group of The Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions from more than 45 countries tour the Space Station Processing Facility. In the foreground, U.S. Ambassador Nancy Brinker, who is the host for the Diplomatic Corps, talks to Russell Romanella, director of the International Space Station and Payload Processing Directorate. Ambassador Brinker is President Bush's representative and liaison to the foreign ambassadors in Washington. The visit, one of the largest tours undertaken by the diplomatic corps, is part of the State Department's new Experience America program. The international dignitaries were provided an overview of the United States' space exploration programs and NASA's international cooperation in pursuit of exploration and scientific discovery. They visited various locations at Kennedy, including the Space Station Processing Facility and Launch Pad 39A where space shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for its upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Michael Griffin (left), the new administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), meets with James W. Kennedy, the director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, during Griffin's first official visit to the Center. Griffin is the 11th administrator of NASA, a role he assumed on April 14, 2005. Griffin was nominated to the position in March by President George W. Bush while serving as the Space Department head at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore. A registered professional engineer in Maryland and California, Griffin served as chief engineer at NASA earlier in his career. He holds numerous scientific and technical degrees including a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland.

ISS017-E-008188 (29 May 2008) --- Dry Tortugas islands near Florida are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 17 crewmember on the International Space Station. The Dry Tortugas are a group of islands located approximately 75 miles west of Key West, Florida; they form the western end of the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico. Like the Keys, the Dry Tortugas are formed primarily of coral reefs over older limestone formations. The islands were named "Dry Tortugas" upon discovery by Ponce de Leon in 1513 -- "tortugas" means turtles in Spanish, and the islands are "dry" as no fresh water is found on them. From the air, the islands present an atoll-like arrangement, however no central volcanic structure is present. The islands are only accessible by boat or seaplane; nevertheless they have been designated the Dry Tortugas National Park, and are visited by hundreds every year. This view highlights three islands in the group; Bush Key, Hospital Key, and Garden Key -- the site of Fort Jefferson. Fort Jefferson is a Civil War era fort, perhaps most notable for being the prison of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth following Booth's assassination of President Lincoln. The fort itself is currently undergoing extensive restoration to prevent collapse of the hexagonal outer walls (center). The islands stand out due to brown and light tan carbonate sands visible above the Gulf of Mexico water surface. Light blue-green irregular masses in the image surrounding the islands are coral reef tops visible below the water surface.