U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of Congress and middle school children, waves as he talks on the phone from the Roosevelt Room of the White House to astronauts on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Diana Trujillo, NASA Human Spaceflight Director, right, speaks on a panel with, from left to right, moderator Trina Espinoza, Science Communicator, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Ingrid Padilla, Professor in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM), and Frank Avila, Deputy Director, Source Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council and family pose for a photo at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden dressed in a panda costume, hand out candy at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Astronaut Marcos Berrios speaks at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, center left, and Marcos Berrios, center right, pose for a photo on the Navy Steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with attendees, panelists, and speakers of the White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests pose in the NASA Artemis Photo Booth at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council visits the NASA booth at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen gives remarks during a White House staff briefing along with his fellow Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jose Hernandez, retired NASA Astronaut, provides remarks at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests pose in the NASA Artemis Photo Booth at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
President Barack Obama congratulates MESSENGER Principal Investigator, director of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Sean Solomon, after awarding him the National Medal of Science, the nation's top scientific honor,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is a NASA-sponsored scientific investigation of the planet Mercury and the first space mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spacey Casey poses for photos with guests on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
President Barack Obama, right, and MESSENGER Principal Investigator, director of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Sean Solomon, listen as a citation is read prior to the President bestowing the National Medal of Science, the nation's top scientific honor to Solomon, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is a NASA-sponsored scientific investigation of the planet Mercury and the first space mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Lindsay Lawlor, of San Diego, Calif., left, demonstrates his creation, a 17-foot-tall, robotic giraffe that "walks" on wheels and is powered by a 12-horsepower hybrid fuel-engine motor, during the first ever White House Maker Faire, which brings together students, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens who are using new tools and techniques to launch new businesses, learn vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and fuel the renaissance in American manufacturing, at the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Washington. The President announced new steps the Administration and its partners are taking to support the ability of more Americans, young and old, to have to access to these tools and techniques and brings their ideas to life. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sara Ann Wylie of Public Lab shows the do to yourself Balloon Mapping Kit, during the first ever White House Maker Faire, which brings together students, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens who are using new tools and techniques to launch new businesses, learn vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and fuel the renaissance in American manufacturing, at the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Washington. The Balloon Mapping Kit enables you to take your own aerial photos from 1000 ft or higher. The President announced new steps the Administration and its partners are taking to support the ability of more Americans, young and old, to have to access to these tools and techniques and brings their ideas to life. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Donald Trump gives remarks after speaking with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir during the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with Koch and Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden dressed in a panda costume, hand out candy at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Alvin Drew meets with guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Capitals mascot Slapshot is seen at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Spacey Casey poses for a photo during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Spacey Casey poses for photos with guests on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio answers a question at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The Orion space capsule along with NASA Astronauts Lee Morin, Alvin Drew, Kjell Lindgren, Serena Aunon, Kate Rubins, and Mike Massimino pass the Presidential viewing stand and President Barack Obama during the inaugural parade honoring Obama, Monday Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. Obama was sworn-in as the nation's 44th President earlier in the day. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Children explore the NASA Moon Box (Lunar Sandbox) digging for “moon rocks” and planting an American flag, to bringing Artemis exploration to life through curiosity and engagement. during the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
President Barack Obama presents former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut and United States Senator John Glenn with a Medal of Freedom, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington.
The Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, left, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, right, participate in a White House staff briefing, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jose Hernandez, retired NASA Astronaut, provides remarks at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA staff hand out candy at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests pose in the NASA Artemis Photo Booth at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
Trina Espinoza, Science Communicator, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, moderates a panel at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks during a White House staff briefing with Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, left, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, right, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio speaks at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Children explore the NASA Moon Box (Lunar Sandbox) digging for “moon rocks” and planting an American flag, to bringing Artemis exploration to life through curiosity and engagement. during the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
President Donald Trump holds up Space Policy Directive - 3 after signing it during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of Congress and middle school children, waves as he talks on the phone from the Roosevelt Room of the White House to astronauts on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio answers a question at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The White House is seen at sunrise ahead of the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, reads a letter from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to NASA astronaut Frank Rubio at the conclusion of a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Diana Trujillo, NASA Human Spaceflight Director, speaks on a panel with, from left to right, moderator Trina Espinoza, Science Communicator, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Ingrid Padilla, Professor in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM), and Frank Avila, Deputy Director, Source Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by White House Science Adviser John Holdren, left, Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-MD) and middle school children, talks on the phone from the Roosevelt Room of the White House to astronauts on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation Awards Ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 in the East Room of the White House in Washington. MESSENGER Principal Investigator, director of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Sean Solomon, was awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's top scientific honor, at the ceremony. MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is a NASA-sponsored scientific investigation of the planet Mercury and the first space mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Frank Avila, Deputy Director, Source Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) speaks on a panel at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Spacey Casey poses for photos with guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Guests engage in STEM Stations at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks before President Donald Trump signs Space Policy Directive - 1, directing NASA to return to the moon, alongside members of the Senate, Congress, NASA, and commercial space companies in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, left, and NASA Astronauts Frank Rubio, center, and Marcos Berrios, speak at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests pose in the NASA Artemis Photo Booth at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
NASA staff hand out candy at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Victor Glover gives remarks during a White House staff briefing along with his fellow Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-MD) and middle school children, prepares to hand over the phone to a student to ask a question to astronauts on the International Space Station during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Guests engage in STEM Stations at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill wave as they arrive in the reviewing stand for the inaugural parade, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. President Barack Obama and Biden had their ceremonial swearing-in earlier in the day. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council gives remarks during a White House staff briefing with Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, left, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, right, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spacey Casey, left, and NASA Aeronautics' mascot Orville the Flying Squirrel, right, pose for photos with guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA handouts and candy is seen at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The Made In Space company displays some of the tools that can be made by their 3D printer during the first ever White House Maker Faire which brings together students, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens who are using new tools and techniques to launch new businesses, learn vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and fuel the renaissance in American manufacturing, at the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Washington. The Made In Space 3D printer was just approved by NASA to be tested onboard the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA announced a challenge for students to design items that would be printed by this first 3D printer to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Christina Koch gives remarks during a White House staff briefing along with her fellow Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Earth Science Division Director Michael Freilich shows meteorologists a model of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory during a media event for the release of the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment, South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. NASA Earth-observing satellite observations and analysis by the NASA-supported research community underlie many of the findings in the new climate change assessment. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden deliver remarks during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Child explore the NASA Moon Box (Lunar Sandbox) digging for “moon rocks” and planting an American flag, to bringing Artemis exploration to life through curiosity and engagement. during the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
President Barack Obama meets with Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, seated left, Buzz Aldrin, center, Carol Armstrong, widow of Apollo 11 commander, Neil Armstrong, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, during the 45th anniversary week of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Donald Trump gives remarks after speaking with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir during the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with Koch and Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Alvin Drew poses for a photo with guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Staff engage with families at the Peeps stem station during the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council listens during a White House staff briefing with Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Thursday, June 6, 2024, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Donald Trump, center, signs an Executive Order to reestablish the National Space Council, alongside members of the Congress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Commercial Space Companies in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 30, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence, also in attendance, will chair the council. Also pictured are retired NASA astronaut David Wolf, left, NASA Astronaut Alvin Drew, second from right, and retired NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, right. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Spacey Casey interacts with guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
NASA Astronaut Marcos Berrios speaks at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests engage in STEM Stations at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, is seen during an Earth-to-space call with NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Parikh spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Visitors are seen at a White House Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Spacey Casey interacts with guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
President Donald Trump delivers opening remarks as Vice President Mike Pence looks on during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The White House is seen before sunrise ahead of the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
The Orion space capsule along with NASA Astronauts Lee Morin, Alvin Drew, Kjell Lindgren, Serena Aunon, Kate Rubins, and Mike Massimino pass the Presidential viewing stand and President Barack Obama during the inaugural parade honoring Obama, Monday Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. Obama was sworn-in as the nation's 44th President earlier in the day. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A replica of NASA's Curiosity Rover and members of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) science team pass the Presidential viewing stand and President Barack Obama during the inaugural parade honoring Obama, Monday Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. Obama was sworn-in as the nation's 44th President earlier in the day. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A prototype model of the Made In Space 3D printer is on display during the first ever White House Maker Faire which brings together students, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens who are using new tools and techniques to launch new businesses, learn vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and fuel the renaissance in American manufacturing, at the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Washington. The Made In Space 3D printer was just approved by NASA to be tested onboard the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA announced a challenge for students to design items that would be printed by this first 3D printer to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Vice President Mike Pence ask questions of former NASA astronauts Eileen Collins, Terry Virts and Scott Parazynski during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
President Donald Trump, speaks before signing Space Policy Directive - 1, directing NASA to return to the moon, in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg is seen on screen, left, during a downlink from the International Space Station (ISS) during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Guests engage in STEM Stations at the White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn in Washington D.C., on April 6, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Crystal R. Hines)
A view of the White House at the Halloween themed event titled, “Hallo-READ!” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, during an 'Educate to Innovate' event where he honored teachers who received awards for excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. NASA's 'Summer of Innovation' program supports the President's 'Educate to Innovate' campaign. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Frank Rubio, NASA Astronaut, speaks at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Kota Mizutani, Senior Advisor at the White House office of Public Engagement, is seen kicking off an Earth-to-space call between Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, and NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Parikh spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Artemis II crew members: NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, left, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, right, speak to reporters after their meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. During their mission, the Artemis II crew will travel aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft on a 10-day mission around the Moon, testing spacecraft systems for the first time with astronauts for long-term exploration and scientific discovery. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-MD) and middle school children, prepares to hand over the phone to a student to ask a question to astronauts on the International Space Station during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
U.S. President Obama recognizes NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during his remarks at the 3rd Annual White House Science Fair in the East Room of the White House on Monday, April 22, 2013. The science fair celebrated student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Wilmar Galvez Alfonso, Aerospace Engineering Student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University moderates a discussion with NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Marcos Berrios at a White House Hispanic Heritage month event titled “Soaring Together: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Leaders” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
President Donald Trump, center, asks who should receive the pen after signing an Executive Order to reestablish the National Space Council, alongside members of the Congress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Commercial Space Companies in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 30, 2017. Retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin was given the pen. Also pictured are, Vice President Mike Pence, Rep. Bill Posey, R-Florida, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, Rep. Dana Rohrbacher, R-California, Former Rep. Bob Walker, R-Pennsylvania, Sandy Magnus, executive director, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, David Melcher, executive director, Aerospace Industries Association, Tory Bruno, CEO, United Launch Alliance, Michal Riley, CEO, AMRO Fabricating Corporation, John Couch, president, Futuramic, Mike Cain, owner, Cain Tubular Products, Mary Lynne Dittmar, executive director, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, Dennis Muilenburg, CEO Boeing Company, Marilyn Hewson, CEO, Lockheed Martin, Wes Bush, CEO, Northrop Grumman, NASA Astronaut Alvin Drew, retired NASA astronaut David Wolf, Apollo 13 flight director, Gene Kranz, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Under Secretary of the Air Force Lisa Disbrow, and Acting Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Dawn Eilengerger. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 10, 2023, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Guests participate in STEM activities during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)