NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya poses for his portrait, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Official portrait of NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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 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)
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, 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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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 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 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 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 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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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)
Shawn Quinn, manager of Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, second from left, 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; John Honeycutt, manager of the Space Launch System Program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; Howard Hu, manager of the Orion Program at NASA’s Johnson Space 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)
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)
From left to right, NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot, and Christina Koch, mission specialist, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, speak to members of the media during NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft rollout to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. In the coming weeks, engineers will prepare for the wet dress rehearsal, a two-day test that simulates launch day. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth no later than April 2026.
From left to right, Rachel Kraft, NASA Communications; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, launch director, Exploration Ground Systems Program; and John Honeycutt, chair, Artemis II mission management team, participate 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.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, is seen as he 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)
An introduction video is played ahead of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaking at an agency town hall, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman conducts a formation flight with three of his personal F-5 aircraft, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The formation flew near the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B and the surrounding area at Kennedy. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman conducts a formation flight with three of his personal F-5 aircraft, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The formation flew near the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B and the surrounding area at Kennedy. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman conducts a formation flight with three of his personal F-5 aircraft, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The formation flew near the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B and the surrounding area at Kennedy. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)