WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation, visited the Katherine Johnson Independent and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, W.Va. with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

"West Virginia has played a critical role in America's leadership in space, and seeing the incredible work being done at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility today only reinforces that legacy," Senator Capito said. "The men and women here will play a critical role in accelerating America's return to the moon. I was glad to visit...