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

jsc2025e032543 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore receives a warm welcome at Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston from NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Woody Hoburg after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

jsc2021e048158 (Oct. 26, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts (from left) Matthias Maurer from ESA (European Space Agency) with Kayla Barron, Thomas Marshburn and Raja Chari, all from NASA, are at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. The quartet were preparing to depart from Houston aboard NASA's Gulfstream V research aircraft to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The foursome plan to launch on Oct. 31, 2021, aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.

For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful delivery of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. Experts from NASA and Intuitive Machines hosted a news conference Feb. 23, 2024, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the soft landing of the company’s Nova-C lander, called Odysseus. Participants in the briefing included (L-R): Steve Altemus, chief executive officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines; Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington; Tim Crain, chief technology officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines; and Prasun Desai, deputy associate administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand ahead of a scheduled eight minute duration hot fire test, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hot fire test is the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

JSC2011-E-070471 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left), Houston Mayor Annise Parker, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) and NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Photo credit: NASA

jsc2024e022809 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

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jsc2025e089531 (Dec. 10, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim exits the Gulfstream V aircraft that returned him to Houston, Texas, from Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Waiting to greet Kim are (from left), NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Scott, Johnson Space Center (JSC) Deputy Director Stephen Koerner, and JSC Director Vanessa Wyche. The day before, Kim had landed in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky after completing a 245-day research mission aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e032538 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov smiles as he returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

Expedition 20 Crew Photo

jsc2018e067361_alt (Aug. 1, 2018) --- NASA Astronaut Bob Behnken has been assigned to the first flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during SSATA Crew Training in the SSATA Chamber. Photo Date: October 19, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e011960_alt (Feb. 26, 2025) --- The official portrait of the four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. From left, are Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov; NASA astronaut and Pilot Mike Fincke; JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui; and NASA astronaut and Commander Zena Cardman.

STS-133/ULF5 Ascent and Entry flight control team photo with Flight Director's Tony Ceccacci (Entry) and Richard Jones (Ascent). Photo Date: March 08, 2011. Location: Building 30 south - WFCR. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

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NASA Commercial Crew Program astronaut Nicole Mann learns about the tools and hardware she will use in spacewalk training at NASA’s Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. Mann is assigned to launch to the International Space Station on the first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during SSATA Crew Training in the SSATA Chamber. Photo Date: October 19, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

NASA 2021 Astronaut Candidate Announcement at Ellington Field. Photo Date: December 6, 2021. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 135. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

The core stage for the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand behind NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine ahead of a scheduled eight minute duration hot fire test, January 16, 2021, at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hot fire test is the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System's core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

jsc2019e014139_alt (3/8/2019) --- Photo documentation of the Hermes facility. Hermes is a research facility on the ISS aimed at regolith and granular material investigations with applications to asteroids, planetary science, and exploration. It is a reconfigurable on-orbit facility capable of accommodating up to four user-configurable experiment volumes at a time. The facility provides long duration exposure to microgravity, vacuum, power, lighting, cameras and customizable experiment tools with ground commanding capability.

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The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a second hot fire test, Thursday, March 18, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for the full-duration of 8 minutes during the test and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire test is the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

Expedition 34 astronaut crew members Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn during INC-34/CB ISS EVA 2 91027. Photo Date: December 7, 2011. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2017e049162 (April 24, 2017) --- Flight Director Brian Smith, Capcom Astronaut Jessica Meir along with Astronaut Jeff Williams monitor activities in Mission Control as President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins make a special Earth-to-space call from the Oval Office to personally congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)

JSC2010-E-090735 (10 June 2010) --- Robonaut 2, a dexterous, humanoid astronaut helper, will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission. Although it will initially only participate in operational tests, upgrades could eventually allow the robot to realize its true purpose ? helping spacewalking astronauts with tasks outside the space station. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

iss057-s-002 (November 8, 2017) --- The official portrait of the five-member Expedition 57 crew. In the front row from left are Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Commander Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency and Sergei Prokopev of Roscosmos. In the back row from left are Flight Engineers Aleksey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague from NASA.

Scientists in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center study samples retrieved by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft and returned to Earth in late 2020. JAXA shared a portion of the samples with NASA, and in exchange, NASA will provide JAXA a percentage of a sample of asteroid Bennu, when the agency’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returns to Earth from the space rock in 2023. Photo Date: November 30, 2021. Location: Bldg. 31, H2 Clean Room. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a second hot fire test, Thursday, March 18, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for the full-duration of 8 minutes during the test and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire test is the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2018e066248_alt (Aug. 1, 2018) --- NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada has been assigned to the second flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.

OSIRIS REx curation team attempting to remove the two stuck fasteners that are currently prohibiting the complete opening of the TAGSAM head. Photo Date: January 10, 2024. Location: Bldg. 31 - 2nd Floor - OSIRIS-REx lab. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e011976_alt (Feb. 26, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Kimiya Yui poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is making his first flight to space as a mission specialist on the Artemis II mission. He was one of two recruits selected by CSA in May 2009 through the third Canadian Astronaut Recruitment Campaign and has served in many roles supporting human spaceflight. Hansen has served as Capcom in NASA's Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center and in 2017, became the first Canadian to be entrusted with leading a NASA astronaut class, leading the training of astronaut candidates from the United States and Canada. This image was modified to include CSA’s insignia on the center front of Hansen’s spacesuit. The insignia was not available at the time of the photo. It will be on Hansen’s suit for Artemis II.

Photo Date: 2021-12-06 NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos Berríos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Location: Ellington Hangar 135 Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2022e089183 (Nov. 21, 2022) During flight day 6 of the 25.5-day mission, Orion program managers greet Artemis I Lead Flight Director Rick LaBrode in the White Flight Control Room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The visit followed during the Outbound Powered Flyby (OPF) burn, which set Orion on a course to fly by the Moon at a closest distance of 81 miles (130.5 kilometers).

jsc2019e025857_alt (3/8/2019) --- Seeker and its communication link, called Kenobi CubeSat Vehicles. Seeker is an automated extravehicular free-flying inspector CubeSat. The primary objective of the Seeker mission is to demonstrate a path toward an inspection capability for future crewed space missions. The Seeker investigation flies the robot on basic maneuvers to take high-resolution images of the Cygnus resupply vehicle after it leaves the International Space Station (ISS).

jsc2017e011279 (01/27/2017) --- Crowds of visitors line up for the NASA Orion Journey to Mars ride at the Houston Texas NFL Live Super Bowl LI event on Discovery Green Jan. 27, 2017. With people safely seated and virtual googles in place the ride pulls the Orion capsule up 90 feet then drops them suddenly to the bottom providing a physical experience as well as a visual one while experiencing the trip to Mars and back. The virtual reality trip is a popular no cost feature as part of NASA’s Future Flight area which also houses many other NASA space exploration and science exhibits. NASA PHOTOGRAPHER: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 34 astronaut crew members Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn during INC-34/CB ISS EVA 2 91027. Photo Date: December 7, 2011. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a scheduled eight minute duration hot fire test, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for a little more than one minute and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

JSC2010-E-086277 (19 May 2010) --- The members of the STS-132/ULF-4 ISS Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Holly Ridings holds the STS-132 mission logo.

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Expedition 34 astronaut crew members Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn during INC-34/CB ISS EVA 2 91027. Photo Date: December 7, 2011. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flies over the Washington skyline as seen from a NASA T-38 aircraft, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

Group photo representating past and present Multi-Media Services (MMS) photographer and videographers that have supported Zero-G Reduced Gravity Office operations throughout the year prior to the programs final flight on August 29, 2014. Photo Date: August 18, 2014. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

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jsc2017e067114 (June 6, 2017) --- NASA portrait of 2017 Astronaut Candidate Kayla Barron in front of a T-38 trainer aircraft at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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NASA tugboat Clermont II arrives at the B-2 Test Stand the day after a hot fire test of the core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. During the test the four RS-25 engines fired for a little more than one minute and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

SSATA Crew Training with Expedition 35/36 crew member Chris Cassidy during dry run. Photo Date: October 30, 2012. Location: Building 7, SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

JSC2009-E-242709 (6 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicholas J. M. Patrick, mission specialist

jsc2022e090747 (Dec. 1, 2022): Flight controllers Doug Haskovec and Amar Ollero at the mechanical and power officer console in Houston’s Mission Control Center observe the Orion spacecraft under the direction of Flight Director Rick LaBrode. The spacecraft departed its distant retrograde orbit on flight day 16 of the Artemis I mission – one of the steps needed to bring the spacecraft home from the Moon. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk watches as the core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket undergoes a second hot fire test in the B-2 Test Stand, Thursday, March 18, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for the full-duration of 8 minutes during the test and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire test is the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a second hot fire test, Thursday, March 18, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for the full-duration of 8 minutes during the test and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire test is the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during SSATA Crew Training in the SSATA Chamber. Photo Date: October 19, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e032537 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov smiles as he returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

JSC Director Mike Coats tours the Orion mockups in Bldg. 9 at Johnson Space Center in Houston followed by a short Q&A in front of the mockup on Sept. 26, 2011. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

STS-135 Ascent Flight Control Team in WFCR with Flight Director Richard Jones. Photo Date: July 26, 2011. Location: Building 30 south - WFCR. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Tim Crain, chief technology officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines, participates in a news conference Feb. 23, 2024, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the company’s Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, and its successful soft landing on the Moon Feb. 22, 2024. The mission is the first landing under NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative, and the first American lunar landing in more than 50 years.

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Commercial Crew Program astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test crew member Nicole Mann in SAFER Skills training in VR Lab.

jsc2018e003247 (Jan. 31, 2018) --- The lunar eclipse "Blood Moon" was photographed from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, during the early morning hours of Jan. 31, 2018. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2024e055523 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

jsc2017e067113 (June 6, 2017) --- NASA portrait of 2017 Astronaut Candidate Raja Chari in front of a T-38 trainer aircraft at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Astronaut Candidate Individual Portrait, Nichole Ayers - ASCAN Class of 2021. Photo Date: December 3, 2021. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli in an EMU spacesuit. Taken on Sept. 6, 2022. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2018e095908 (Nov. 7, 2018) --- NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

A group of scientists are gathered around a table covered in large maps in the Science Evaluation Room (SER) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during the JETT 5 field test. JETT 5 was a week-long field test in the lunar-like landscape of San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona while a team of flight controllers and scientists at Johnson monitor and guide their activities. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman will serve as the Commander for the Artemis II mission. Wiseman flew previously as a flight engineer aboard the International Station for Expedition 41 from May through November 2014, logging more than 165 days in space. Prior to his assignment, Wiseman served as chief of the Astronaut Office from December 2020 until November 2022.

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

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JSC Director Mike Coats and Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer tour the Orion mockups in Bldg. 9 at Johnson Space Center in Houston followed by a short Q&A in front of the mockup on Sept. 26, 2011. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

JSC2010-E-089924 (10 June 2010) --- Robonaut 2, a dexterous, humanoid astronaut helper, will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission. Although it will initially only participate in operational tests, upgrades could eventually allow the robot to realize its true purpose ? helping spacewalking astronauts with tasks outside the space station. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC2011-E-070526 (22 July 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left) and STS-135 crew members are pictured during the STS-135 crew return ceremony on July 22, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Pictured from second left are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. Photo credit: NASA

Spacesuit engineers demonstrate how four crew members would be arranged for launch inside the Orion spacecraft, using a mockup of the vehicle at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Oct. 24, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

jsc2025e034746 (April 2, 2025) -- Artemis II crew with the Artemis II mission patch. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

Environmental Portrait of Emma Lehnhardt, Manager of Gateway's Program Planning and Control Office (PP&C) office for Faces of NASA Project. Photo Date: March 23, 2022. Location: Building 9, SVMF - Gateway Mockup. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Official portrait of JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi in EMU suit. Photo taken in bldg 8, rm. 183 - Photo studio.

Official Astronaut Portrait of Ron Garan - Individual EMU Portrait. Photo Date: November 30, 2010. Location: Building 8, Room 272 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

The Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and backup crew members NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons trek across the Icelandic landscape during their field geology training. Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz

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Astronaut Candidate Individual Portrait, Jessica Wittner - ASCAN Class of 2021. Photo Date: December 3, 2021. Location: Building 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

NASA 2021 Astronaut Candidate Announcement at Ellington Field. Photo Date: December 6, 2021. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 135. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

Expedition 34 astronaut crew members Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn during INC-34/CB ISS EVA 2 91027. Photo Date: December 7, 2011. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Official Astronaut Portrait of STS-133 crew member Mike Barratt. Photo Date: July 13, 2010. Location: Building 8 - Room 272, Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

jsc2019e001293_alt (Feb. 13, 2019) --- NASA Astronaut E. Michael “Mike” Fincke has been assigned to the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Fincke takes the place of astronaut Eric Boe, originally assigned to the mission in August 2018.

STS-135 Crew Return Ceremony to Ellington Field. Photo Date: July 22, 2011. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 990. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 34 astronaut crew members Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn during INC-34/CB ISS EVA 2 91027. Photo Date: December 7, 2011. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2021e062805 (December 3, 2021) --- NASA Astronaut Candidate Jack Hathaway, one of 10 new NASA astronaut candidates, was announced December 6, 2021, during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz.

Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen as it flies over the Manhattan Skyline with Freedom Tower in the background, Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York. Enterprise was the first shuttle orbiter built for NASA performing test flights in the atmosphere and was incapable of spaceflight. Originally housed at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Enterprise will be demated from the SCA and placed on a barge that will eventually be moved by tugboat up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in June. Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

jsc2020e042654_alt (Sept. 29, 2020) --- Portrait of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide.

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden tours the Orion mockups in Bldg. 9 at Johnson Space Center in Houston followed by a short Q&A in front of the mockup on Sept. 26, 2011. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

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Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during SSATA Crew Training in the SSATA Chamber. Photo Date: October 19, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

NASA exhibits on display at Super Bowl - NFL Live Event at Discovery Green. Photo Date: January 26, 2017. Location: Discovery Green - Houston, TX. Photographer: Robert Markowitz