NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, questions NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is seen during a committee hearing titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to questions during a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee hearing concerning the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confers with his staff as he testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a fiscal year 2025 budget hearing, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chair Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee, left, and Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. question NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) President Lisa Campbell, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, right, talk during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), left, speaks with from right to left, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, pilot; Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Koch, mission specialist, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Kevin O’Connell, Director, Office of Space Commerce, Department of Commerce, left, Robert Cardillo, Former Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson, Vice Commander, Space Command, United States Air Force, right, gather ahead of testifying along with Col. Pamela A. Melroy, United States Air Force (ret.) (former astronaut), before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, speaks with U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Glover and crewmates NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testify before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, center, speaks with U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), left, and U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) asks NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman a question during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talk after a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kevin O'Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the Department of Commerce, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kevin O’Connell, Director, Office of Space Commerce, Department of Commerce testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, questions NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Col. Pamela A. Melroy, United States Air Force (ret.) (former astronaut) testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Kevin O'Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the Department of Commerce are seen during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chair Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee talks with National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson prior to a hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chair Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee and Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS., question NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden testifies at a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee hearing concerning the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, holds a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a budget review hearing, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Senator Jerry Moran, D-Kan., questions NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on NASA’s budget, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., gives remarks as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, NASA Astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, look on during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Hansen, Hammock Koch, along with NASA Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a fiscal year 2025 budget hearing, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a fiscal year 2025 budget hearing, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a fiscal year 2025 budget hearing, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) asks NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman a question during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) takes a photo of congressional staff members with NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist during an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), right, speaks with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shakes hands with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chair Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee at the conclusion of a Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover gives remarks during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Glover along with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is seen on a television monitor as he testifies at a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee hearing concerning the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kevin O'Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the Department of Commerce, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), left, and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) ask NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman questions during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chair Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee questions NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a hearing on NASA’s budget, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Chair Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee questions NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a hearing on NASA’s budget, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS., gives remarks as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover, look on during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a fiscal year 2025 budget hearing, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander shows Rise, the zero gravity indicator that flew on the Artemis II mission, to U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, and crewmates NASA astronauts Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, speaks with U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., center, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, right, prior to his testimony in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Monday, April 11, 2011, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander signs a poster for U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, and crewmates NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, listens to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee hearing concerning the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The hearing notification is seen on a desk as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testified at a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS., gives remarks as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and \Christina Hammock Koch look on during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Hammock Koch, Hansen, along with NASA Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), U.S. Senator Patty Murray, (D-Wash.), NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Christina Koch, mission specialist; U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME); and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) pose for a photo at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Kevin O'Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the Department of Commerce are seen during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson prepares to testify before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Kevin O'Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the Department of Commerce are seen during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., questions NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee hearing concerning the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen gives remarks as NASA Astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, left, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) President Lisa Campbell look on, during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Hansen, Hammock Koch, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover gives remarks as Sen. Ben Cardin, D-MD., left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA Astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) President Lisa Campbell, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman look on, during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Glover along with Wiseman, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., gives remarks as NASA astronauts Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman look on during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, along with NASA Astronaut Christina Hammock Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to NASA Associate Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Seth Statler during a Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee hearing concerning the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the Senate Appropriations’ Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee during a budget hearing, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation titled "The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier," Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), left, introduces from left to right, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; and Victor Glover, pilot at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson, Vice Commander, Space Command, United States Air Force testifies before the Aviation and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Emerging Space Environment: Operational, Technical, and Policy Challenges.”, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee questions NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a hearing on the FY 2011 NASA Budget, Thursday, April 22, 2011 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks as Senator Ben Cardin, D-MD., left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) President Lisa Campbell, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., NASA astronauts Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, look on during a meet and greet, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist provides remarks at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building,Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Hansen, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; and Christina Koch, mission specialist; on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, greets guests at an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took NASA astronauts Glover; Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; and Victor Glover, pilot; speak during an event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)