Ambassador of France to the United States Philippe Etienne delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Tuesday, June 7, 2022, prior to the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) 60th Anniversary event at the French Ambassador’s Residence in Washington. France is the twentieth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Representatives from Serbia and members of NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations participate in a bilateral meeting following an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata answers questions during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines participate in STEM demonstrations with local students at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Chile is the 47th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada is helped onto a helicopter onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed while onboard SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

National Museum of Natural History curator of meteorites Tim McCoy delivers remarks during an event to unveil the first public display of a sample from asteroid Bennu, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington. The sample was collected from the carbon rich near Earth asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. 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)

Visitors to the Great American State Fair are seen as they view exhibits in the NASA Pavilion, Thursday, June 25, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Richard Danne, creator of the NASA worm logotype, right, answers questions during a dedication event, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and Ambassador of Jordan to the United States Dina Kawar, right, are seen following an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the 63rd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, delivers remarks during the NASA Day of Remembrance Employee Safety Town Hall as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, look on, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building 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)

Bailey's Beads are seen just before totality in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks prior to meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for an Earth Science briefing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Administrator Nelson and Vice President Harris met with French President Emmanuel Macron to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

UAE (United Arab Emirates) Ambassador to the US and Minister of State, Yousef Al Otaib, second from left, delivers remarks during an Iftar dinner with with UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Stephen Bowen, and guests, Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the UAE Embassy in Washington. Bowen and Alneyadi spent 186 days aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 69; while Rubio set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut, spending 371 days in orbit on an extended mission spanning Expeditions 68 and 69. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet completed the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program and spent 198 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 65 and 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Director of the Office for Communications of the Principality of Liechtenstein Dr. Rainer Schnepfleitner delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Principality of Liechtenstein is the 52nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program.Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Complex 39B for the first time, Thursday, March 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ahead of NASA’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Launch Complex 39B to verify systems and practice countdown procedures for the first launch. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Embassy of Ecuador in Washington. Ecuador is the twenty sixth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as teams configure systems for rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA made the decision to rollback based on the latest weather predictions associated with Hurricane Ian. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet completed the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program and spent 198 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 65 and 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman delivers remarks during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A cormorant and a heron are seen in front of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as the launch countdown progresses at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. The launch director halted today’s launch attempt at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks with local students during an Earth Day event, Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Union Station in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Education Specialist Christine Milotte gives a presentation during a teacher professional development event hosted by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT) at the Dallas Arboretum, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks prior to meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for an Earth Science briefing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Administrator Nelson and Vice President Harris met with French President Emmanuel Macron to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Dr. Kimryn Rathmell delivers remarks during an event with NASA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation’s cancer death rate by at least 50% in the next 25 years, a goal of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague greets NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from left, prior to departing the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-9 mission launch, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is the ninth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hague and Gorbunov are scheduled to launch at 1:17 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States Andrés Augusto Durán Hareau, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Sullivan, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini are seen during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Uruguay is the 36th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives opening remarks at the Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. NASA held the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia and international partners to inform NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency's roadmap for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Department of State Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Jonathan Pratt delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, City of Hampton Mayor Jimmy Gray, Edward C. Forst, Administrator of the General Services Administration, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Dr. Trina Dyal, director of NASA's Langley Research Center, and Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) are seen during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, NASA's newest wind tunnel, Friday, July 31, 2026, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The state-of-the-art facility will support research and technology development that will advance the agency’s aeronautics, exploration, and science goals, including establishing a sustained human presence on the lunar surface through the Artemis program and the development of a Moon Base. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, delivers remarks during a bilateral meeting with Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, NASA Astromatierals Curator Francis McCubbin, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, and University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, collect science data, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, shortly after the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission landed at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard is seen as preparations for launch continue, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they arrive at Launch Pad 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth no later than April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, center, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony with the Republic of Botswana alongside Senior Advisor on Space for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Greg Autry, left, and Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, right, Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Dr. Dominic Benford, program scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, answers questions from visitors during a Frontiers Forum event titled "Countdown to Launch – Why We’re Excited about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope," Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana delivers remarks during a briefing with members of the House of Representatives, the Indian Affairs Committee, and the Senate Native American Affairs Committee, Feb. 7, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Members of the House of Representatives, the Indian Affairs Committee, and the Senate Native American Affairs Committee participated in a downlink from the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Expedition 68 Flight Engineer. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Expedition 68 Flight Engineer, is seen from onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during a briefing with members of the House of Representatives, the Indian Affairs Committee, and the Senate Native American Affairs Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Mann answered questions from members of the committees during a live downlink from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

In this 8 minute exposure, A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, right, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster is also seen, left, as it returns to the landing pad following the launch. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Slovak Republic Minister of Education, Research, Development, and Youth Tomáš Drucker signs the Artemis Accords, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Slovakia is the 42nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Robonaut 2 is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Chantilly, Va. Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot to fly to space, is displayed publicly for the first time near the space shuttle Discovery. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren speaks with students during a STEM event at DuVal High School, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Lanham, Maryland. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the “Salute to America” event, Saturday, July 4, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The United States Semiquincentennial celebrates the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks with Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students and staff in the Space Operations Center (SOC), Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The group is visiting NASA Headquarters after six Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University students were named to the Aviation Week Network 20 Twenties Class of 2026, which recognizes outstanding aerospace-focused university students. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata gives a thumbs up after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after he, along with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, second from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Recovery teams participate in helicopter training in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, left, Josh Cassada, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Mann, Cassada, and Wakata spent 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion launched at 1:47 a.m. EST, from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) delivers remarks during a STEM event with NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at James W. Robinson Secondary School, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea signs the Artemis Accords, Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Peru is the 41st country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participate in an industry roundtable, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Administrator Nelson and French President Emmanuel Macron met to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participate in an industry roundtable, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Administrator Nelson and French President Emmanuel Macron met to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they make the 4.2 mile journey toward Launch Pad 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth no later than April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A plaque is seen at the base of the NASA Worm Logo sign during a Richard Danne dedication event, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Embassy of Ecuador in Washington. Ecuador is the twenty sixth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, right, answers questions from reporters during an OSIRIS-REx sample return press conference, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Dr. Kimryn Rathmell delivers remarks during an event with NASA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation’s cancer death rate by at least 50% in the next 25 years, a goal of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participate in an industry roundtable, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Administrator Nelson and French President Emmanuel Macron met to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen deliver remarks, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, during a reception at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, 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/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei speaks with students during a visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School with Expedition 66 crewmates NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard is seen as it rolls out to the pad, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Assistant Administrator for Procurement Karla Smith Jackson delivers remarks during a NASA Office of Procurement Enterprise Reverse Industry Day event Thursday, April 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NAACP Board Chair Leon Russell delivers remarks during a 5th Annual Hidden Figures Street Naming Anniversary event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON to fly to Long Beach, Calif. along with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov shortly after they landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are returning after 147 days in space as part of Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Earth Science Education and Outreach Lead Dr. Trena Ferrell, second from right, hands out educational materials to guests at the Dallas Arboretum, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen illuminated by lights at Launch Complex 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the coming days, engineers will prepare for the wet dress rehearsal, a two-day test that simulates launch day. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth no later than April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona are seen following a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The NASA and Department of Education MOU is focused on strengthening the collaboration between the two agencies, including efforts that advance STEM education across the nation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails speaks to guests about the upcoming total solar eclipse at the Dallas Arboretum, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron speaks during science demonstrations as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, seen in blue flight suits, answer questions from students during an engagement event at Catherine Watkins Elementary School Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, delivers remarks alongside Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler, left, during a Memorandum of Agreement signing ceremony Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. This Memorandum of Agreement will provide the framework for NASA and the Small Business Administration Office of Investment and Innovation to support the growth of the Small Business Investment Company-NASA Initiative. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A training model of the sample return capsule is seen following rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Navy MH-60 Seahawks from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 are seen as they arrive at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. after flying from USS John P. Murtha with Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard, Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT) on April 10. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly ten day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Principal Scientist Carolyn Ng speaks to guests about the upcoming total solar eclipse at the Dallas Arboretum, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, right, joined by NASA astronaut Victor Glover, left, answers questions from children during an embassy workforce event, Friday, May 19, 2023, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, 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/Keegan Barber)

Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion launched at 1:47 a.m. EST, from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is the ninth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hague and Gorbunov launched at 1:17 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony as Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States Georgi Panayotov, second from left, Minister of Innovation and Growth for Bulgaria Milena Stoycheva, second from right, and U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary Sonata Coulter, right, look on, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Bulgaria is the 32nd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Artemis II crew members, seen in blue flight suits from left to right, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, speak with guests during a reception Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, second from right, and Jasmin Moghbeli, right, present a montage to Principal MScott Berkowitz prior to an engagement event at Catherine Watkins Elementary School Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Ruth Perry delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the 63rd country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)