jsc2022e091674 (Dec. 11, 2022) NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to witness the splashdown of Orion after a 25.5-day Artemis I mission. Nelson is seen here enjoying the view with NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana.
From left to right, Pam Melroy, current nominee for NASA Deputy Administrator, former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Bill Nelson Jr., son of Bill Nelson, Nan Ellen Nelson, daughter of Nelson, former Senator Bill Nelson, his wife, Grace Nelson, and Vice President Kamala Harris pose for a photo after Nelson was ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was also on display. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, is ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, holds their family Bible, and son, Bill Nelson Jr., left, and Nan Ellen Nelson, second from left, look on, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, speaks to media after he was ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, right, held their family Bible, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
A NASA video is shown during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson’s keynote during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives keynote remarks during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives keynote remarks during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A NASA video is shown during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson’s keynote during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives keynote remarks during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives keynote remarks during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives keynote remarks during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives keynote remarks during the 36th Space Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, is ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, holds their family Bible, and his daughter, Nan Ellen Nelson, left, looks on, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, is ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, holds their family Bible, and son, Bill Nelson Jr., third from left, and Nan Ellen Nelson, fourth from left, look on, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden, second from left, as well as Pam Melroy, current nominee for NASA Deputy Administrator, left, were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, is ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, holds their family Bible, and son, Bill Nelson Jr., third from left, and Nan Ellen Nelson, fourth from left, look on, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden, second from left, as well as Pam Melroy, current nominee for NASA Deputy Administrator, left, were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, speaks to media after he was ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, held their family Bible, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden, second from left, as well as Pam Melroy, current nominee for NASA Deputy Administrator, left, were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Former Senator Bill Nelson, speaks to media after he was ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Grace Nelson, held their family Bible, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden, second from left, as well as Pam Melroy, current nominee for NASA Deputy Administrator, left, were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Vice President Kamala Harris walks into the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building, followed by Grace Nelson, and her husband, former Senator Bill Nelson, to ceremonially swear him in as the 14th NASA Administrator, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Washington. A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission was on display and former NASA Administrators Jim Bridenstine (virtually on laptop) and Charles Bolden were also present. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds a roundtable discussion with members of the media on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, inside the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds a roundtable discussion with members of the media on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, inside the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson, Official Portrait, Monday, May 17, 2021, NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds a roundtable discussion with members of the media on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, inside the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson addresses participants during a climate roundtable at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Oct. 14, 2021. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24904
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B in Florida, following the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s arrival at the pad on March 18, 2022. The rocket, with the Orion spacecraft atop, was carried from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad – a 4.2-mile journey that took nearly 11 hours to complete – by the agency’s crawler-transporter 2 for a wet dress rehearsal ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I launch. Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the lunar surface, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program Deputy Manager Jeremy Parsons visit the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission inside NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Scheduled to launch later this year, Europa Clipper will embark on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) journey to Jupiter. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has developed for a planetary mission. Set to arrive in April 2030, it will study the gas giant’s icy moon, Europa, to determine its potential to support life.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program Deputy Manager Jeremy Parsons visit the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission inside NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Scheduled to launch later this year, Europa Clipper will embark on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) journey to Jupiter. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has developed for a planetary mission. Set to arrive in April 2030, it will study the gas giant’s icy moon, Europa, to determine its potential to support life.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Scheduled to launch later this year, Europa Clipper will embark on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) journey to Jupiter. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has developed for a planetary mission. Set to arrive in April 2030, it will study the gas giant’s icy moon, Europa, to determine its potential to support life.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Scheduled to launch later this year, Europa Clipper will embark on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) journey to Jupiter. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has developed for a planetary mission. Set to arrive in April 2030, it will study the gas giant’s icy moon, Europa, to determine its potential to support life.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program Deputy Manager Jeremy Parsons visit the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission inside NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Scheduled to launch later this year, Europa Clipper will embark on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) journey to Jupiter. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has developed for a planetary mission. Set to arrive in April 2030, it will study the gas giant’s icy moon, Europa, to determine its potential to support life.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission inside NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program Deputy Manager Jeremy Parsons visit the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission inside NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2021 for tours and briefings on Michoud’s role in the Artemis program and other capabilities that enrich many facets of the nation’s space exploration endeavors. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, front, talks to the workforce at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley during the “Moon to Mars” town hall in the N201 Syvertson Auditorium. Behind, left to right, are Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Ames Center Director Eugene Tu, Director of Space Architectures Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in the Science Mission Directorate Joel Kearns.
Eugene Tu, center director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, offers his opening remarks to the Ames workforce during the “Moon to Mars” town hall in the N201 Syvertson Auditorium. Town hall panel, seated right to left, are NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Director of Space Architectures Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in the Science Mission Directorate Joel Kearns, Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs in the Space Technology Mission Directorate Walt Engelund, and Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Cathy Koerner.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, front, talks to the workforce at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley during the “Moon to Mars” town hall in the N201 Syvertson Auditorium. Behind him, left to right, are Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, AmesCenter Director Eugene Tu, Director of Space Architectures Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in the Science Mission Directorate Joel Kearns, Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs in the Space Technology Mission Directorate Walt Engelund, and Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Cathy Koerner.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, front, talks to the workforce at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley during the “Moon to Mars” town hall in the N201 Syvertson Auditorium. Behind him, left to right, are Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Ames Center Director Eugene Tu, and Director of Space Architectures Kurt “Spuds” Vogel.
A moon rock collected by astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 mission is seen before the swearing-in ceremony for former Senator Bill Nelson, as the 14th NASA Administrator, by Vice President Kamala Harris, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, delivers remarks during a bilateral meeting with Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. 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)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from right, 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)
Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, sign a Joint Statement following a bilateral meeting Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon signs a Joint Statement with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson following a bilateral meeting Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon, fourth from left, delivers remarks during a bilateral meeting with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, sign a Joint Statement following a bilateral meeting Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. 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)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson signs a Joint Statement with Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon following a bilateral meeting Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, tours the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2021. In the center is Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator and former director of Kennedy, and to the right is Susie Perez Quinn, NASA chief of staff. While inside the VAB, Nelson had the opportunity to view the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as preparations for the Artemis I launch continue. The first in an increasingly complex set of missions, Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson adds his signature to an Artemis banner inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 27, 2021. While at the O&C, Nelson had the opportunity to view some of the flight hardware for Artemis II – the first test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft with crew on board. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
Jeremy Graeber, left, chief of the Test, Launch, and Recovery Operations Branch within the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, speaks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson inside the Launch Control Center (LCC) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2021. During Nelson’s visit to Kennedy, he had the opportunity to tour the LCC and learn about the launch team as preparations for Artemis I continue. The first in an increasingly complex set of missions, Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, tours the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building high bay during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 27, 2021. While at the O&C, Nelson had the opportunity to view some of the flight hardware for Artemis II – the first test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft with crew on board. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, tours the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2021. To his right is Mark Nappi, Boeing integrated product team leader for Space Launch System (SLS) core stage 1. While inside the VAB, Nelson had the opportunity to view the SLS rocket as preparations for the Artemis I launch continue. The first in an increasingly complex set of missions, Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, answers a question from staff during the NASA Day of Remembrance Employee Safety Town Hall as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, looks on, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, visits NASA’s exhibits during Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, at Union Station in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from left, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, and Michelle Jones of NASA Communications, right, are seen Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, during an end-of-the year all hands with senior leadership at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, and Cabana highlighted the agency’s 2022 accomplishments and looked forward to what is coming in 2023 and beyond. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Administrator Bill Nelson and Snoopy view the eclipse together on April 8, 2024. NASA Glenn Research Center and the Great Lakes Science Center hosted a three-day celestial celebration in downtown Cleveland, OH. This free, outdoor, family-friendly science and arts festival will feature free concerts, performances, speakers, and hands-on science activities with community partners. 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/Sara Lowthian-Hanna)
From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann pose for a photo, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an end-of-the year all hands with senior leadership, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana highlighted the agency’s 2022 accomplishments and looked forward to what is coming in 2023 and beyond. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an end-of-the year all hands with senior leadership, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana highlighted the agency’s 2022 accomplishments and looked forward to what is coming in 2023 and beyond. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson answers a question during an end-of-the year all hands with senior leadership, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana highlighted the agency’s 2022 accomplishments and looked forward to what is coming in 2023 and beyond. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, listen as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, pose for a group photograph, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, pose for a photograph at the conclusion of a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center right, speak with members of NASA’s Employee Resource Groups during a luncheon, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson views the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building during a tour and visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2021, as preparations for the Artemis I launch continue. The first in an increasingly complex set of missions, Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, tours the Launch Abort System Facility (LASF) during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 27, 2021. In the background to the right of Nelson is Kennedy Deputy Director Kelvin Manning. Recently, teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs integrated the launch abort system with the Orion spacecraft inside the LASF as preparations for Artemis I continue. The first in an increasingly complex set of missions, Artemis I will test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, tours the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 27, 2021. In this photo, Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin director of Orion Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations at Kennedy, is showing Nelson the thermal protection tiles on the forward bay cover for the Artemis II crew module. Behind Schneider is Kennedy Deputy Director Kelvin Manning. Artemis II is the first crewed mission in a series of missions to the Moon and Mars. The mission will test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system with astronauts on board. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, talks with DC area school children about Earth Day during his visit of NASA hands-on exhibits inside Union Station in Washington, Friday, April 22, 2022. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From left: NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, and Kennedy Deputy Director Kelvin Manning pose for a photo while touring the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Florida spaceport on July 28, 2021. While inside the VAB, they had the opportunity to view the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as preparations for the Artemis I launch continue. The first in an increasingly complex set of missions, Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, as well as establish a sustainable presence on and around the Moon.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, smiles, as he and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy have an Earth-to-space call with astronauts aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson and Melroy spoke with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana hug during the NASA Day of Remembrance Employee Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, stop at the gravesite of former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn to pay their respects, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Nelson, Melroy, and Cabana had earlier laid wreaths in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, watch a video showing the Artemis I splashdown during an end-of-the year all hands with senior leadership, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, and Cabana highlighted the agency’s 2022 accomplishments and looked forward to what is coming in 2023 and beyond. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from left, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, and Michelle Jones of NASA Communication, are seen as a video is shown during an end-of-the year all hands with senior leadership, uesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, and Cabana highlighted the agency’s 2022 accomplishments and looked forward to what is coming in 2023 and beyond. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)