NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

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 Chief of Staff Brian Hughes is seen during a meeting with Israel’s Minister for Innovation, Science, and Technology Gila Gamliel, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, left, and Israel’s Minister for Innovation, Science, and Technology Gila Gamliel shake hands as they pose for a picture, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, during a meeting at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters 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)

Director General of the Senegalese space agency (ASES) Maram Kairé, left, and NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, right, shake hands during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes speaks with employees during a Town Hall meeting at the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes speaks with employees during a Town Hall meeting at the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Kennedy Space Center employees participate in a Town Hall meeting with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Center Director Brian Hughes on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes speaks with employees during a Town Hall meeting at the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes speak with employees during a Town Hall meeting at the center’s Training Auditorium on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Kennedy Space Center employees participate in a Town Hall meeting with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Center Director Brian Hughes on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Brian Hughes, NASA Chief of Staff, left, Meredith McKay, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations, second from left, Israel’s Minister for Innovation, Science, and Technology Gila Gamliel, and Shani Edri, director of International Relations in Israel’s Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology pose for a picture after the signing the US-Israel Space Cooperation Framework Agreement Extension, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Third from left to right, Department of State Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Jonathan Pratt, Ambassador of Senegal to the United States Abdoul Wahab Haidara, Director General of the Senegalese space agency (ASES) Maram Kairé, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, and members of the Senegalese delegation pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, Ambassador of Senegal to the United States Abdoul Wahab Haidara, Director General of the Senegalese space agency (ASES) Maram Kairé, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, and Department of State Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Jonathan Pratt pose for a photo during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Senegal is the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes delivers remarks during a swearing-in ceremony for civil servants on Monday, June 15, 2026, at NASA Kennedy in Florida. The 138 employees from NASA Kennedy and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California are the latest onboarded as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s workforce directive ongoing efforts to strengthen core capabilities, support mission success, and increase NASA’s agility, and they are taking on duties recently fulfilled by the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS) contract.

From left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yu, and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes pose for a photograph with employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The three crew members, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, spent five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.

From left, NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes speaks to NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui during their visit to Kennedy in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The three crew members, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, spent five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy meets with NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center Acting Director, Kelvin Manning, and other members of the leadership team, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks with employees at the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks with employees before a Town Hall meeting the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Au-ditorium in Florida on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks with employees during a Town Hall meeting at the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Kennedy Space Center employees enjoy coffee and donuts ahead of a Town Hall meeting, courtesy of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.