NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán, portrait, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Outgoing NASA Associate Administrator for Communications Bettina Inclan hosts a press conference following the Green Run hot fire test of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Saturday, January 16, 2021. NASA conducted a hot fire test of the core stage’s four RS-25 engines on the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Scheduled for as long as eight minutes, the engines fired for a little more than one minute to generate a combined 1.6 million pounds of thrust, just as will occur during an actual launch. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the SLS core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a NASA town hall event, Monday, April 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a NASA town hall on the amendment to the fiscal year 2020 budget request that supports the agency’s plan to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024, Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a NASA town hall on the amendment to the fiscal year 2020 budget request that supports the agency’s plan to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024, Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a NASA town hall event with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Monday, April 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator, Office of Communications, Bettina Inclán, introduces the cast of the film “Ad Astra” before a screening at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán speaks at the opening an industry forum on the agency's lunar exploration plans, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The agency will work with industry to study and refine the approach to landing on the Moon, which includes a system of three separate elements that will provide astronauts transportation, landing, and safe return. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a NASA town hall event with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Douglas Loverro, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA staff, from left to right, Cindy Steele, Bert Ulrich, Bettina Inclán, and Cheryl Warner pose for a photo on the red carpet during a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film was produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray and stars Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a panel discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, and Chris Hansen, Manager of the Extravehicular Activity office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center during the Artemis Generation Spacesuit event, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) suit improves on the suits previous worn on the Moon during the Apollo era and those currently in use for spacewalks outside the International Space Station and will be worn by first woman and next man as they explore the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) suit is designed for a custom fit and incorporates safety technology and mobility features that will help protect astronauts on launch day, in emergency situations, high-risk parts of missions near the Moon, and during the high-speed return to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Outgoing NASA Associate Administrator for Communications Bettina Inclan (far right) hosts a press conference following the Green Run hot fire test of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Seated press conference participants included outgoing NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (center), Stennis Space Center Director Rick Gilbrech (left) and SLS Program Manager John Honeycutt from Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA conducted a hot fire test of the core stage’s four RS-25 engines on the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Scheduled for as long as eight minutes, the engines fired for a little more than one minute to generate a combined 1.6 million pounds of thrust, just as will occur during an actual launch. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the SLS core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.

From left to right, NASA staff, Cindy Steele, Bert Ulrich, and Cheryl Warner, "Ad Astra" producer, co-writer, and director James Gray, former NASA astronaut Kay Hire, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications, Bettina Inclán, pose for a photo on the red carpet during a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film was produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray and stars Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator for Communications, Bettina Inclan speaks during the "National Symphony Orchestra Pops, Apollo 11: A 50th Anniversary, One Small Step, One Giant Leap" a program including musical acts, speakers, and images and video related to space, on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. NASA and the country are recognizing the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, in which astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin crewed the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator for Communications, Bettina Inclan speaks during the "National Symphony Orchestra Pops, Apollo 11: A 50th Anniversary, One Small Step, One Giant Leap" a program including musical acts, speakers, and images and video related to space, on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. NASA and the country are recognizing the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, in which astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin crewed the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a panel discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, and Chris Hansen, Manager of the Extravehicular Activity office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center during the Artemis Generation Spacesuit event, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) suit improves on the suits previous worn on the Moon during the Apollo era and those currently in use for spacewalks outside the International Space Station and will be worn by first woman and next man as they explore the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) suit is designed for a custom fit and incorporates safety technology and mobility features that will help protect astronauts on launch day, in emergency situations, high-risk parts of missions near the Moon, and during the high-speed return to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán, left, NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Nicole Mann, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, Jim Chilton, senior vice president of Boeing’s Space and Launch Division, Steve Stich, Deputy Manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and NASA ISS Program Manager Kirk Shireman, are seen during a press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center following the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. After a successful launch at 6:36 a.m. EST, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in an unplanned, but stable orbit. The team is assessing what test objectives can be achieved before the spacecraft’s return to land in White Sands, New Mexico. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Bettina Inclán, NASA associate administrator for Communications, addresses members of the media during a post launch news conference in Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium following the March 2, 2:49 a.m. EST launch of the SpaceX Demo-1 Commercial Crew Program (CCP) mission to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon’s trip to the space station is designed to validate end-to-end systems and capabilities, leading to certification to fly crew. NASA has worked with SpaceX and Boeing in developing the CCP spacecraft to facilitate new human spaceflight systems launching from U.S. soil with the goal of safe, reliable and cost-effective access to low-Earth orbit destinations, such as the space station.

Bettina Inclan, NASA Headquarters, moderates a Mars 2020 prelaunch news briefing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 27, 2020. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

Officials from NASA and SpaceX participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the company’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test on Jan. 19, 2020. From left to right are Bettina Inclan, NASA Communications; Kathy Lueders, program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Elon Musk, chief engineer, SpaceX; and NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover. During the flight test, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A and began a planned launch-abort sequence demonstrating the spacecraft’s escape capabilities. The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean as expected. The In-Flight Abort Test is a critical milestone in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Bettina Inclan, NASA Communications, moderates a postlaunch news conference for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission on Nov. 15, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff time on a Falcon 9 rocket was at 7:27 p.m. EST. The Crew Dragon is carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Shannon Walker, mission specialist; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist, to the International Space Station. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The Crew Dragon will dock with the station and the crew will remain on the orbiting laboratory for a six-month science mission.

Officials from NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following launch of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test, Dec. 20, 2019. From left to right are Bettina Inclan, NASA Communications; NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann; Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator; Tory Bruno, President and CEO, United Launch Alliance; Jim Chilton, Boeing senior vice president, Space and Launch Division; Steve Stich, deputy manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program; and Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:36 a.m. EST. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test is the Starliner’s first flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Officials from NASA and SpaceX participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the company’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test on Jan. 19, 2020. From left to right are Bettina Inclan, NASA Communications; Kathy Lueders, program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Elon Musk, chief engineer, SpaceX; and NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover. During the flight test, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A and began a planned launch-abort sequence demonstrating the spacecraft’s escape capabilities. The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean as expected. The In-Flight Abort Test is a critical milestone in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Officials from NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following launch of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test, Dec. 20, 2019. From left to right are Bettina Inclan, NASA Communications; NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann; Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator; Tory Bruno, President and CEO, United Launch Alliance; Jim Chilton, Boeing senior vice president, Space and Launch Division; Steve Stich, deputy manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program; and Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:36 a.m. EST. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test is the Starliner’s first flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s Associate Administrator for Communications, Bettina Inclán, moderates a postlaunch news conference inside the Press Site auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, following the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, occurred at 3:22 p.m. EDT from historic Launch Complex 39A. Behnken and Hurley are the first astronauts to launch to the space station from U.S. soil since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceX’s final flight test, paving the way for the agency to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory.

Bettina Inclan, with NASA Communications, moderates a press briefing inside the Press Site auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 26, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, May 27, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This will mark the first launch of astronauts from U.S. soil to the space station since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceX’s final flight test, paving the way for NASA to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT.

Officials from NASA and SpaceX participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the company’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test on Jan. 19, 2020. From left to right are Bettina Inclan, NASA Communications; Kathy Lueders, program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Elon Musk, chief engineer, SpaceX; and NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover. During the flight test, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A and began a planned launch-abort sequence demonstrating the spacecraft’s escape capabilities. The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean as expected. The In-Flight Abort Test is a critical milestone in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Chris Hansen, Manager of the Extravehicular Activity Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center answers an audience question during a panel discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins during the Artemis Generation Spacesuit event, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) suit improves on the suits previous worn on the Moon during the Apollo era and those currently in use for spacewalks outside the International Space Station and will be worn by first woman and next man as they explore the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) suit is designed for a custom fit and incorporates safety technology and mobility features that will help protect astronauts on launch day, in emergency situations, high-risk parts of missions near the Moon, and during the high-speed return to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA personnel watch as "Taps" is played by The Old Guard after a wreath was laid at the Tomb of the Unknowns by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine as part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

A Mars 2020 prelaunch news conference is held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 27, 2020. Participating in the briefing from left, are Moderator Bettina Inclan, NASA Headquarters; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate; Matt Wallace, deputy project manager, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Launch Director Omar Baez, NASA’s Launch Services Program; and Tory Bruno, CEO, United Launch Alliance. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

From left, NASA Communications’ Bettina Inclan, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Kjell Lindgren, and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard participate in a press briefing inside Kennedy’s Press Site auditorium on May 26, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off from historic Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, May 27, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This will mark the first launch of astronauts from U.S. soil to the space station since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceX’s final flight test, paving the way for NASA to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, fourth from right, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, fifth from right, speak with the Honorable Karen Andrews Minister of Parliament and Minister, Industry, Science and Technology, Austrailia, second from left, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)