KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - William (Bill) W. Parsons, named Space Shuttle Program Manager, Johnson Space Center, Houston, in May 2003.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, left, talks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, left, talks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, talk with media during a preview the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, left, talks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, preview the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, preview the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, preview the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, talks with Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, left, talks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, preview the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Earth Sciences, Division Director, Karen St. Germain, center, speaks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2017e049146 (April 24, 2017) --- Johnson Space Center employees and Center Director watch President Donald Trump call Peggy Whitson on space station for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Allison Bills)

jsc2017e049148 (April 24, 2017) --- Johnson Space Center employees and Center Director watch President Donald Trump call Peggy Whitson on space station for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Allison Bills)

jsc2019e029855 (05-22-2019) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Loral O’Hara on works as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) in the Mission Control Center to learn communication protocol at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center in Houston. CAPCOM is the individual who communicates with crew members during flight. Photo Credit: (NASA/Allison Bills)

NASA Earth Sciences, Division Director, Karen St. Germain, left, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Earth Sciences Division, Deputy Director, Julie Robinson, and NASA Senior Advisor Susie Perez Quinn, right, pose for a group photograph during a preview of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Jessica Deihl, an attorney at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, left, Christine Pham, an attorney at NASA Headquarters, Bill Johnson, an attorney at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, David Lopez, an attorney at NASA Headquarters, Brian Stanford an attorney at NASA Headquarters, and Lisette Washington an attorney at NASA Headquarters, are seen during a “The Moon/Mars Generation Lawyers: A Discussion of the Legal Framework Taking NASA Back to the Future” at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jessica Deihl, an attorney at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, left, Christine Pham, an attorney at NASA Headquarters, Bill Johnson, an attorney at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, David Lopez, an attorney at NASA Headquarters, Brian Stanford an attorney at NASA Headquarters, and Lisette Washington an attorney at NASA Headquarters, are seen during a “The Moon/Mars Generation Lawyers: A Discussion of the Legal Framework Taking NASA Back to the Future” at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jsc2025e034100 (March 27, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Zena Cardman is photographed during an interview in a studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before her upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, His Excellency Dato Paduka Serbini Ali, Ambassador of Brunei to the United States, left, speak alongside Izzati Baharuddin, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Brunei to the United States, second from left, and Najaah Ra’emi Maleek, Second Secretary, Embassy of Brunei to the United States, third from left, Gilbert Kirkham, science division director in NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations, second from right, and Lenai Johnson, international program specialist in NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations, second from right, during a courtesy visit during a courtesy visit, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jsc2023e047050_alt (Dec. 7, 2023) --- Official astronaut portrait of NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee asks NASA Administrator Bill Nelson a question during a hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budget proposal, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e067687_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron is seen after donning her spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut candidate Loral O’Hara poses for a portrait in the Blue Flight Control Room, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly poses a portrait, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Warren Hoburg poses for a portrait, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e067636_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

jsc2023e067651_alt (Dec. 29, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

jsc2023e067737_alt (Dec. 29, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e047815_alt (Nov. 16, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2021e037162 (Aug. 16, 2021) --- Private astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria of Axiom Space is pictured during training activities at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. Credit: Bill Stafford on behalf of Axiom Space

jsc2023e067724_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

NASA astronaut Christina Koch poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks during the 2018 Agency Honor Awards ceremony, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e080760 (Dec. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke conducts training for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

jsc2023e067665_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e067600_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Robert Markowitz

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait in NASA Johnson Space Center’s office at Ellington Field, Thursday, July 11, 2019, Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut candidate Frank Rubio poses for a portrait in the anechoic chamber, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron poses for a portrait after donning her spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2000-E-23528 (October 2000) --- Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield, left, discusses his launch and entry suit with USA technician Bill Todd prior to a training session in the Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration Facility.

NASA astronaut Stan Love poses for a portrait in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab control room, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Raja Chari poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann gives a thumbs up from inside the Orion mockup, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a portrait after donning his spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Anne McClain poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Master Carpenter Norm Abram and crew of the television series "This Old House" stop in the Space Station Processing Facility on their tour of KSC. Abram is at left center. Escorting them is Bill Johnson (center, in the aisle), NASA TV manager; accompanying them is astronaut John Herrington (behind Johnson). Abram is at KSC to film an episode of the series

jsc2022e091676 (Dec. 11, 2022) NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to witness the splashdown of Orion after a 25.5-day Artemis I mission. Nelson is joined by, from left, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA Headquarters, and NASA Flight Operations Director Norm Knight, NASA Johnson.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, is shown the Orion test crew capsule that will be used for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test by Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen, 2nd from left, with Orion Program Manager Mark Kirasich, and NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, right, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, seated left, and NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, seated right participate in a media roundtable in front of the Orion test crew capsule for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen, left, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, and Orion Program Manager Mark Kirasich, right, are seen inside the Orion test crew capsule for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Master Carpenter Norm Abram and crew of the television series "This Old House" stop in the Space Station Processing Facility on their tour of KSC. Abram is at left center. Escorting them is Bill Johnson (center, in the aisle), NASA TV manager; accompanying them is astronaut John Herrington (behind Johnson). Abram is at KSC to film an episode of the series

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S98-05013 (14 April 1998) --- President Bill Clinton tries on a glove from the Space Shuttle extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit during an April 14 visit to the Johnson Space Center (JSC). In the suit is Amy Ross, a JSC engineer. Others pictured are William E. (Bill) Spenny (left) of the EVA and Spacesuit Systems Branch in the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, Engineering Directorate; and Stephen N. Anderson (second right) of ILC. Photo Credit: NASA or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

jsc2023e071510 (Nov. 6, 2023) --- NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Zena Cardman, assisted by a technician (foreground), check out spacewalking hardware at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, questions NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology budget hearing, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson pauses for a portrait while donning her spacesuit and going under water in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S98-05015 (14 April 1998) --- President Bill Clinton is pictured inside the Spacelab mock up during a tour conducted by U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn (D.-Ohio), currently in training as a space shuttle crewmember at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

jsc2023e071583 (Nov. 6, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, pictured with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, trains for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

jsc2025e089120 (Dec. 8, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a photography training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

jsc2025e089114 (Dec. 8, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a photography training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-TX, asks a question of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2006-E-16637 (26 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr. (left), Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, speaks with astronaut Wendy B. Lawrence at his arrival at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.

Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa shares her experiences during a program titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2022e091674 (Dec. 11, 2022) NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to witness the splashdown of Orion after a 25.5-day Artemis I mission. Nelson is seen here enjoying the view with NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen onboard the International Space Station from the Blue Flight Control Room, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2002-01517 (8 Aug. 2002) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., Expedition 12 commander, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, awaits the start of a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-16619 (26 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, speaks to a welcoming crowd on hand at his arrival at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2006-E-16605 (26 April 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, exits a plane following his arrival at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center.

jsc2023e071582 (Nov. 6, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague trains for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured with Hague, are Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

PHOTO DATE: 12-04-10 LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups SUBJECT: Photograph STS-134 crew during Ingress/Egress training with instructor Glenn Johnson WORK ORDER: 03507-BS__STS134_12-04-10 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

JSC2009-E-055631 (17 March 2009) --- Flight controller William (Bill) Foster monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during the docking of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-119 mission.

Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa shares her experiences during a program titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli poses for a portrait in the Systems Engineering Simulator, a real-time, crew-in-the-loop engineering simulator for the space station and advanced spaceflight programs, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2025e070062 (Aug. 21, 2025) --- NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 members Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, both NASA astronauts, participate in a medical emergency training session at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for their mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough poses for a portrait in the Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV), an engineering concept used to test new technologies for future surface and deep-space exploration vehicles, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e071559 (Nov. 6, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, assisted by a technician, trains for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

jsc2023e071593 (Nov. 6, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman trains for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

Local area school children are seen during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2023e017438 (April 4, 2023) -- The Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, right, the minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, addresses a crowd assembled for the Monday, April 3, 2023, announcement of the Artemis II crew at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The astronauts, from left CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wideman and Christina Koch, also were joined by Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Administrator Bill Nelson. The crew is comprised of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. The four astronauts will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. Photo by Bill Stafford.

S89-26389 (Jan 1989) --- Four of five crewmembers for STS-29 pause during launch and entry phase rehearsals in the crew compartment trainer at the Johnson Space Center. The astronauts are in their entry positions, while the fifth (out of frame) remains strapped into a chair on the mid deck. In front are John E. Blaha (left), pilot, and Michael L. Coats, mission commander. Behind them are James P. Bagian (left), and James F. Buchli, both mission specialists. Robert C. Springer, the third mission specialist, is on the mid deck. He will occupy Discovery's middeck for entry phase, while Bagian will occupy that post for launch. Photo was made by Bill Bowers of the Johnson Space Center.

jsc2023e017418 (April 4, 2023) -- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana prepare to announce the four crewmembers of the Artemis II crew that will travel around the Moon during a Monday, April 3, 2023, crew announcement news conference at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The crew is comprised of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. The four astronauts will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. Photo by Bill Stafford.

Panel discussion participants, from left, Linda Billings, research professor, Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University, Ellen Ochoa, director, NASA Johnson Space Center, Tom Costello, NBC News and moderator for the event, Margaret Weitekamp, space history curator, National Air and Space Museum, Dan Vergano, science writer for USA Today, and Rene McCormick, director of standards and quality, National Math and Science Initiative, are seen during a program titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2024e066732 (Oct. 4, 2024) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi poses for a crew portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Onishi is also Mission Specialist for NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Helen Arase Vargas