NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya

Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, provides an update on the International Space Station and its crew, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

International Space Station Update

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya answers a question during a monthly coffee and donuts with the Administrator event, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya is seen during a meeting with German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Meets with German Minister for Rese

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, left, German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, center, and NASA Chief off Staff Brian Hughes, pose for a picture, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, before a meeting at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Meets with German Minister for Rese

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, speak with the agency workforce during a monthly coffee and donuts with the Administrator event, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, speak with the agency workforce during a monthly coffee and donuts with the Administrator event, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, alongside NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, discusses a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, poses for a photograph in NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s personal F-5 aircraft, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, ahead of a formation flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Associate Administrator Kshatriya in F-5 Aircraft

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, alongside NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, discusses a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, answer a question during a monthly coffee and donuts with the Administrator event, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

Karen St. Germain, director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, left, speaks with NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Day on the Hill

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya looks on as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discusses a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya discusses a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in the Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate, Amit Kshatriya, on the monitor, gives remarks during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Artemis II Briefing

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, left, along with NASA employees, welcomes NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Jared Isaacman Arrives at NASA

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya discuss a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya is seen during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya speaks during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya speaks during a press conference following an event where NASA outlined how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, pose for a photograph following a formation flight in Isaacman’s personal F-5 aircraft, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Administrator Isaacman and Associate Administrator Kshatriya

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, are seen following a formation flight in Isaacman’s personal F-5 aircraft, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Administrator Isaacman and Associate Administrator Kshatriya

NASA Associate Administrator Meets with German Minister for Rese

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, center, is seen along with Meredith McKay, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations, left, and NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, during a meeting with German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, speaks alongside Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, left, and Dr. James Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer, right, as they provide an update on the International Space Station and its crew, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

International Space Station Update

Dr. James Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer, center, speaks alongside NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, as they provide an update on the International Space Station and its crew, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

International Space Station Update

Karen St. Germain, director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, center, speaks with Nicola Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Day on the Hill

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, speaks alongside Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, center, and Dr. James Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer, right, as they provide an update on the International Space Station and its crew, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

International Space Station Update

Artemis II Crew Return

jsc2026e022280 (April 11, 2026) - Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman is greeted by NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya on his return home to Houston, at Ellington Airport on Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a 10-day trip around the Moon and back. Wiseman and his three fellow crew members launched April 1, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and splashed down off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left background, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, are seen during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Artemis II Briefing

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in the Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate, Amit Kshatriya, on monitors, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, seated left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and, NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, right, are seen during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Artemis II Briefing

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in the Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate, Amit Kshatriya, on monitors, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, seated left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and, NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, right, are seen during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Nicola Fox speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Space Reactor Office Program Executive Steve Sinacore speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Moon Base Program Executive Carlos Garcia-Galan, left, speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, are seen as NASA Space Reactor Office Program Executive Steve Sinacore speaks during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Space Reactor Office Program Executive Steve Sinacore speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

Acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Lori Glaze, speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Space Reactor Office Program Executive Steve Sinacore speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Nicola Fox speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Nicola Fox speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Space Reactor Office Program Executive Steve Sinacore speaks, as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on, during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis Update Press Conference

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, second from left; George Alderman, deputy press secretary, left; Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, third from left; and Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), right, participate in a press conference, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Agency leadership shared updates regarding the Artemis II mission and outlined the path forward for the Artemis campaign, including a new Artemis III mission in which the agency’s Orion spacecraft will dock with one or both Human Landing System landers in low Earth orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Next Steps for Artemis Campaign News Conference

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya participates in a news conference on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, to discuss the rollback of the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket from the launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly Building and next steps for the Artemis campaign at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants discussed the work ahead for the Artemis II test flight and a broader update on the Artemis campaign.

Artemis II Launch

Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator gives remarks to guest ahead of the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft which launched at 6:35pm EDT from Launch Complex 39B. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis II Launch

Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator gives remarks to guest ahead of the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft which launched at 6:35pm EDT from Launch Complex 39B. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 NASA Astronauts with Agency Leadership

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, Suni Williams third from left, Don Pettit, third from right, and Nick Hague pose for a picture with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, second from left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator, monitors the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth 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. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Artemis II Launch

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya monitors the countdown of the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission from Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Artemis II Launch

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya monitors the countdown of the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission from Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Artemis II Launch

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, NASA Chief Engineer Joseph Pellicciotti, and others watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission from Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) NOTE - Portions of this image have been blurred for security reasons.

Artemis II Launch

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, left, and Director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro, watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission from Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator, monitors the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth 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. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

Richard Jones, manager of the Mission Management and Integration Office for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, left, speaks with Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator during the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth 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. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Amit Kshatriya, deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in NASA’s Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate, moderates an Artemis Program progress update panel during the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership at 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya discuss a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

An audience member asks NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya a question during a monthly coffee and donuts with the Administrator event, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and NASA Associate Administrator, Amit Kshatriya, monitor the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth 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. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, monitor the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth 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. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, moderates a press conference with, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Lori Glaze, NASA Moon Base Program Executive Carlos Garcia-Galan, NASA International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Nicola Fox, and NASA Space Reactor Office Program Executive Steve Sinacore, right, following an event where NASA outlined how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens moderates a news conference where NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya discussed a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens looks on as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya answer a question from a member of the media after discussing a report of findings examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Leadership Discusses Boeing CFT Review Findings

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Certification Signing

With NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya looking on, Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, signs the certification for flight readiness following the completion of the Flight Readiness Review for the Artemis II test flight on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review is an assessment of the readiness of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to support the Artemis II test flight as four astronauts journey around the Moon and return to Earth.

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Certification Signing

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya signs the certification for flight readiness following the completion of the Flight Readiness Review for the Artemis II test flight on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review is an assessment of the readiness of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to support the Artemis II test flight as four astronauts journey around the Moon and return to Earth.

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review

From left, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya and Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, participate in the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review with NASA leadership on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review is an assessment of the readiness of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to support the Artemis II test flight as four astronauts journey around the Moon and return to Earth.

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya participates in the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review with NASA leadership on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review is an assessment of the readiness of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to support the Artemis II test flight as four astronauts journey around the Moon and return to Earth.

Post WDR Press briefing

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya participates in a news conference on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, to discuss the completion of Artemis II wet dress rehearsal at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wet dress rehearsal allows the Artemis II launch team to run through operations to load propellant, conduct a full launch countdown, demonstrate the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and drain the tanks to practice timelines and procedures for launch.

Dr. Kelly Fast, acting planetary defense officer for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, asks NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya a question during a monthly coffee and donuts with the Administrator event, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Coffee and Donuts with Administrator Isaacman

NASA Update on Implementation of National Space Policy

NASA International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, look on as Expedition 74 astronauts (L-R) Chris Williams, Jessica Meir, and Jack Hathaway of NASA and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) are seen in a recorded video onboard the International Space Station during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. During the event NASA leadership provided updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion, and other objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis II Post Launch News Conference

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya participates in a news conference on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the liftoff of the Artemis II test flight. The Artemis II test flight mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Certification Signing

From left, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya and Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, shake hands after each signing the certification for flight readiness following the completion of the Flight Readiness Review for the Artemis II test flight on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review is an assessment of the readiness of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to support the Artemis II test flight as four astronauts journey around the Moon and return to Earth.

Artemis II Flight Readiness Review

From left, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate; and John Honeycutt, chair, Artemis II mission management team, participate in the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review with NASA leadership on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review is an assessment of the readiness of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to support the Artemis II test flight as four astronauts journey around the Moon and return to Earth.

Artemis II L-2 Countdown Status News Conference

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Artemis Update Press Conference

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a press conference, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Isaacman, joined by Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, not pictured, and Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), not pictured, and George Alderman, deputy press secretary, not pictured, shared updates regarding the Artemis II mission and outlined the path forward for the Artemis campaign, including a new Artemis III mission in which the agency’s Orion spacecraft will dock with one or both Human Landing System landers in low Earth orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Artemis II Supplier and Media Event + Moon Minute

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA Moon to Mars Program Deputy Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day event on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II crew and backup crew participated in the event days after teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems transport lifted the agency’s 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage from the facility’s transfer aisle into High Bay 2 where it will remain while teams stack the two solid rocket boosters on top of mobile launcher 1.

NASA Leadership at 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference

Howard Hu, manager of the Orion Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, center, speaks during an Artemis Program progress update panel at the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Also participating in the panel was, from left, Amit Kshatriya, deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in NASA’s Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate; Shawn Quinn, manager of Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; John Honeycutt, manager of the Space Launch System Program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; Lisa Watson-Morgan, manager of the Human Landing System Program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; Jon B. Olansen, manager of the Gateway Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center; and Lara Kearney, manager of Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Artemis II Supplier and Media Event + Moon Minute

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA Moon to Mars Program Deputy Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day event on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II crew and backup crew participated in the event days after teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems transport lifted the agency’s 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage from the facility’s transfer aisle into High Bay 2 where it will remain while teams stack the two solid rocket boosters on top of mobile launcher 1.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch

Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator, monitors the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth 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. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Artemis II Post Launch News Conference

From left to right, Bethany Stevens, NASA communications; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate; and Norm Knight, director, NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, participate in a news conference on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the liftoff of the Artemis II test flight. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.

Artemis II Supplier and Media Event + Moon Minute

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA Moon to Mars Program Deputy Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day event on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II crew and backup crew participated in the event days after teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems transport lifted the agency’s 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage from the facility’s transfer aisle into High Bay 2 where it will remain while teams stack the two solid rocket boosters on top of mobile launcher 1.

NASA Leadership at 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference

Howard Hu, manager of the Orion Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, center, speaks during an Artemis Program progress update panel at the 2024 Artemis Suppliers Conference, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. Also participating in the panel was, from left, Amit Kshatriya, deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in NASA’s Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate; Shawn Quinn, manager of Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; John Honeycutt, manager of the Space Launch System Program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; Lisa Watson-Morgan, manager of the Human Landing System Program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; Jon B. Olansen, manager of the Gateway Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center; and Lara Kearney, manager of Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)