Six of the seven members of the NASA Kennedy Space Center team recognized by the White House on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, during the Presidential Federal Sustainability Awards stand next to an electric vehicle (EV) charging station in front of Kennedy's Central Campus Headquarters Building. Those members are, from left to right, center services division chief Gustavo Diaz, partnership development office chief Matthew Jimenez, then branch chief Gerald “Jay” Green, sustainability lead Lashanda Battle, transportation officer Melissa Coleman, and then transportation specialist Spencer Davis. This EV station is one of 28 installed on center through a partnership with local utility provider Florida Power & Light, allowing up to 56 electric vehicles to be charged at the same time. An additional 31 EV stations are planned at Kennedy by fall 2024, increasing the center's vehicle charging capacity by up to 118 vehicles simultaneously once they're operational.

Syd Myers, a NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center confined space supervisor for a drill at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Building 703 in Palmdale, California, observes U.S. Air Force Plan 42 Fire Department responders extract a mannequin from a confined space as part of an emergency exercise.

NASA pilot Kurt Blankenship maps out flight plans during a pre-flight brief. Pilots, crew, and researchers from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are briefed on the flight plan to gather Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast signal data between the aircraft and ping-Stations on the ground at NASA Armstrong. These flights are the first cross-center research activity with the Pilatus-PC-12 at NASA Armstrong.

Shown is a wind tunnel test of the Ares model for force/moment testing in support of the Ares/ClV integrated vehicle at Langley Research Center, Virginia. The image is extracted from a high definition video file and is the highest resolution available.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, ISS Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) answer questions from reporters June 24 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Trey Carlson, the spaceport's master planner, describes how the Center Planning and Development Directorate CPD is working to help transform Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The event was first of what is planned to be quarterly meetings between NASA's industry partners and representatives of Kennedy's CPD, Safety and Mission Assurance, International Space Station Ground Processing, Chief Financial officer and Ground Processing and Ground Systems Development and Operations directorates. Center Planning and Development is the “front door” for partnerships with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Kennedy is now developing the world’s premier spaceport for government and commercial space industries using comprehensive resource planning and partnerships. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Trey Carlson, the spaceport's master planner, describes how the Center Planning and Development Directorate CPD is working to help transform Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The event was first of what is planned to be quarterly meetings between NASA's industry partners and representatives of Kennedy's CPD, Safety and Mission Assurance, International Space Station Ground Processing, Chief Financial officer and Ground Processing and Ground Systems Development and Operations directorates. Center Planning and Development is the “front door” for partnerships with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Kennedy is now developing the world’s premier spaceport for government and commercial space industries using comprehensive resource planning and partnerships. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, ISS Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Kate Rubins of NASA (center) and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (right) walk to their bus June 24 as they departed for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. In the background on the left is backup crewmember Peggy Whitson of NASA and in the background center is backup crewmember Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of Boeing talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of the University of Central Florida talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of Craig Technologies talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of United Launch Alliance talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of Diversified Industries talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of PaR Systems talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives of United Paradyne talk with guests at the Innovation Expo KSC Showcase. The event gave Kennedy employees an opportunity to meet 12 NASA partners and see how the Center Planning and Development Directorate is transforming Kennedy into a multi-user spaceport through partnerships and resource planning. The 17-booth exhibit consists of 12 partner booths along with Spaceport Planning, Partnership Development and Research and Technology offices. Photo credit: NASA_Charisse Nahser

MARSHALL CENTER DIRECTOR TODD MAY UPDATES MARSHALL TEAM MEMBERS ON THE CENTER'S REALIGNMENT PLANS.

MARSHALL CENTER DIRECTOR TODD MAY UPDATES MARSHALL TEAM MEMBERS ON THE CENTER'S REALIGNMENT PLANS.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media learn about the future plans for Launch Pad 39B from Ed Mango, NASA's Space Transportation Planning Office director. If appropriations are provided for NASA's current Authorization Act, those plans would include a robust commercial space program with multiple customers, multiple providers and multiple systems that take Americans to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations. For information on NASA's future plans, visit www.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media learn about the future plans for Launch Pad 39B from Ed Mango, NASA's Space Transportation Planning Office director. If appropriations are provided for NASA's current Authorization Act, those plans would include a robust commercial space program with multiple customers, multiple providers and multiple systems that take Americans to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations. For information on NASA's future plans, visit www.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

This diagram shows the planned locations of the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory (SERPL) and the Space Station Commerce Park at Kennedy Space Center. The SERPL is a planned 100,000-square-foot laboratory that will provide expanded and upgraded facilities for hosting International Space Station experiment processing. In addition, it will provide better support for other biological and life sciences payload processing at KSC. It will serve as a magnet facility for the planned 400-acre Commerce Park.

This view from NASA Curiosity Mars rover spans 360 degrees, centered southward toward a planned science waypoint at the

This view from NASA Curiosity Mars rover spans 360 degrees, centered southward toward a planned science waypoint at the

Aerial Survey of Ames Research Center centered on the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Complex and High Speed Aerodynamic Facilities (used in Bicentennial)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Joyce Riquelme, Director, Center Planning and Development Directorate at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA

Accompanied by his wife, ISS Expedition 48-49 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos walks to a bus at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia June 24 as he and his crewmates departed for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kate Rubins of NASA, Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After removing its cover, technicians look over the Minus Eighty Lab Freezer for ISS (MELFI), provided as Laboratory Support Equipment by the European Space Agency for the International Space Station. The lab will provide cooling and storage for reagents, samples and perishable materials in four insulated containers called dewars with independently selectable temperatures of -80°C, -26°C, and +4°C. It also will be used to transport samples to and from the station. The MELFI is planned for launch on the ULF-1 mission.

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) take a stroll down the “Walk of Cosmonauts” June 30 as part of their pre-launch activities. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) answer reporters’ questions June 26 as they continue preparations for launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

ISS Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan June 24 for final pre-launch training after flying from Star City, Russia. The trio will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

ISS Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures with schoolchildren after arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan June 24 for final pre-launch training following a flight from Star City, Russia. The trio will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Minus Eighty Lab Freezer for ISS (MELFI), provided as Laboratory Support Equipment by the European Space Agency for the International Space Station, is seen in the Space Station Processing Facility. The lab will provide cooling and storage for reagents, samples and perishable materials in four insulated containers called dewars with independently selectable temperatures of -80°C, -26°C, and +4°C. It also will be used to transport samples to and from the station. The MELFI is planned for launch on the ULF-1 mission.

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures June 30 during traditional pre-launch activities. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

ISS Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departs the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia June 24 for his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and final pre-launch training. In the background on the right is crewmate Kate Rubins of NASA. Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Onishi will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures June 25 in front of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft during a “fit check” dress rehearsal activity. The trio will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) answer reporters’ questions June 26 as they continue preparations for launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures June 30 after Rubins and Onishi, both first-time fliers, planted trees in their names in traditional pre-launch activities. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) conduct rendezvous rehearsals on a laptop computer simulator June 30 as instructors look on. Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures June 25 in front of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft during a “fit check” dress rehearsal activity. The trio will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians remove the cover from the Minus Eighty Lab Freezer for ISS(MELFI) provided as Laboratory Support Equipment by the European Space Agency for the International Space Station. The lab will provide cooling and storage for reagents, samples and perishable materials in four insulated containers called dewars with independently selectable temperatures of -80°C, -26°C, and +4°C. It also will be used to transport samples to and from the station. The MELFI is planned for launch on the ULF-1 mission.

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) listen to remarks June 26 during the traditional raising of the American, Russian, Japanese and Kazakh flags. The trio will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

Aboard their aircraft on route to their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ISS Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) affix their mission insignia sticker to the wall June 24 after departing their training base in Star City, Russia. The trio will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

ISS Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (center) and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (right) wave to schoolchildren after arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan June 24 for final pre-launch training following a flight from Star City, Russia. The trio will launch July 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talk with Trey Carlson, Kennedy Master Planner, at the Center Planning and Development Directorate, or CPDD, display. In the background is Mario Busacca, chief of CPDD’s Spaceport Planning Office. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Suzy Cunningham sings the national anthem to kick off Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting conducted for employees. She is senior spaceport manager, NASA/Air Force Spaceport Planning and Customer Service Office. Making presentations were Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director; Tim Wilson, assistant chief engineer for Shuttle; and Bill Pickavance, vice president and deputy program manager, Florida operations, United Space Alliance. Representatives from the Shuttle program and contractor team were on hand to discuss the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report and where KSC stands in its progress toward return to flight.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- To start the new year, Joyce M. Riquelme from Kennedy's Center Planning and Development Office discusses the space center's direction with TV news reporter Greg Pallone of Channel 13 in Orlando.The office's purpose is to develop the world’s premier spaceport, meeting government and commercial space industry needs through comprehensive resource planning and the formation of partnerships to ensure the economic vitality of Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- To start the new year, Joyce M. Riquelme from Kennedy's Center Planning and Development Office discusses the space center's direction with TV news reporter Greg Pallone of Channel 13 in Orlando.The office's purpose is to develop the world’s premier spaceport, meeting government and commercial space industry needs through comprehensive resource planning and the formation of partnerships to ensure the economic vitality of Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Tom Engler, the deputy director of the Center Planning and Development Directorate, or CPDD, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to reporter James Dean from Florida Today newspaper during an interview at the Kennedy News Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official portrait of Scott Colloredo, director, Center Planning and Development Directorate. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray

Kennedy Space Center Director Charley Bolden laughs at a story being told to him by STS-135 crew Commander Chris Ferguson during rollout of Shuttle Atlantis on the Mobil Launch Platform (MLP) at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 31 May 2011. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station is currently planned for no earlier than 08 July 2011. The STS-135 mission is planned to last eight days and will be the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.

Kelvin Manning, Kennedy associate director, technical, at right, visits with representatives from Exploration Ground Systems during the center director update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Center Director Bob Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with a representative from Exploration Research and Technology during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with representatives from the Launch Services Program (LSP) during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, LSP, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with representatives from United Launch Alliance during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

A guest visits with a representative from the Engineering Directorate during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, far right, updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with a representative from Boeing before NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

A guest visits with representatives from Jacobs during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Here is an overhead view of the X-59 aircraft (left) prior to the installation of the General Electric F414 engine (center, located under the blue cover). After the engine is installed, the lower empennage (right), the last remaining major aircraft component, will be installed in preparation for integrated system checkouts. The X-59 is the centerpiece of the Quesst mission which plans to help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.

Space Shuttle Atlantis viewed from the Mobil Launch Platform (MLP) during it's final rollout to Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 31 May 2011. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station is currently planned for no earlier than 08 July 2011. The STS-135 mission is planned to last eight days and will be the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.

members of the media gather in the VAB to photograph the last rollout of Shuttle Atlantis on the Mobil Launch Platform (MLP) at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 31 May 2011. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station is currently planned for no earlier than 08 July 2011. The STS-135 mission is planned to last eight days and will be the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.

The preliminary design for the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory (SERPL) at Kennedy Space Center is shown in this artist's rendition. The SERPL is a planned 100,000-square-foot laboratory that will provide expanded and upgraded facilities for hosting International Space Station experiment processing. In addition, it will provide better support for other biological and life sciences payload processing at KSC. It will serve as a magnet facility for a planned 400-acre Space Station Commerce Park

Chairman of the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Norman Augustine, center, listens to reporters questions during a press conference where the committee released it's report on Thursday, Oct., 22, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington. The Obama Administration tasked the committee to do an independent review of planned U.S. human space flight activities with the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Researchers perform tests at Kennedy Space Center. New facilities for such research will be provided at the Space Experiment Research Procession Laboratory (SERPL). The SERPL is a planned 100,000-square-foot laboratory that will provide expanded and upgraded facilities for hosting International Space Station experiment processing. In addition, it will provide better support for other biological and life sciences payload processing at KSC. It will serve as a magnet facility for a planned 400-acre Space Station Commerce Park

Shuttle Atlantis viewed from the Mobil Launch Platform (MLP) departs the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during it's final rollout to Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA 31 May 2011. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station is planned for no earlier than 08 July 2011. The STS-135 mission is planned to last eight days and will be the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.

Researchers perform tests at Kennedy Space Center. New facilities for such research will be provided at the Space Experiment Research Procession Laboratory (SERPL). The SERPL is a planned 100,000-square-foot laboratory that will provide expanded and upgraded facilities for hosting International Space Station experiment processing. In addition, it will provide better support for other biological and life sciences payload processing at KSC. It will serve as a magnet facility for a planned 400-acre Space Station Commerce Park

NASA Ames Research Center Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Complex N-227 - just pior to acoustic cover being added (image shows 6ft w.t. in forground)

RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY, LEFT, AND PAYLOAD PLANNING MANAGER TONY PITTMAN PAUSE FOR A PHOTO BEFORE HANGING THE MISSION PATCH FOR EXPEDITION 46 ON THE WALL OF THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER

MD-90 Model in NASA Ames Research Center 11ft. Transonic Wind Tunnel part of the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Complex Test-091-1-11

An ER-2 based at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California flew a mission over the state's wildfires Aug. 9 to validate instruments and to collect information to help U.S. Forest Service officials plan for recovery.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Project Manager Felix Alberto SotoToro, Ph.D. (left), and Cryogenic Propulsion Branch Chief Henry Bursian discuss future business plans.

JSC2000-06247 (September 2000)--- Flight director Bill Reeves, at right foreground, and the fifty-odd flight controllers who support his STS-106 planning team pose for their group portrait in Houston's Mission Control Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cryogenic Propulsion Branch Chief Henry Bursian (left) and Project Manager Felix Alberto SotoToro, Ph.D. discuss future business plans.

JSC2010-E-050902 (12 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131 Planning flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Ginger Kerrick (center) is visible on the second row.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the News Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Andrew Petro, the agency's acting director of the Early Stage Innovation Division of the Office of the Chief Technologist, discusses the agency’s CubeSat Launch initiative. CubeSats provide opportunities for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned for upcoming launches. CubeSats, a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites, are flown as auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh about three pounds. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the News Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Andrew Petro, the agency's acting director of the Early Stage Innovation Division of the Office of the Chief Technologist, discusses the agency’s CubeSat Launch initiative. CubeSats provide opportunities for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned for upcoming launches. CubeSats, a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites, are flown as auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh about three pounds. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Twin columns of fire rocket the Space Shuttle Atlantis into the sky above Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff of Atlantis on mission STS-117 to the International Space Station from Launch Pad 39A was on-time at 7:38:04 p.m. EDT. The shuttle is delivering a new segment to the starboard side of the International Space Station's backbone, known as the truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install the S3/S4 truss segment, deploy a set of solar arrays and prepare them for operation. STS-117 is the 118th space shuttle flight, the 21st flight to the station, the 28th flight for Atlantis and the first of four flights planned for 2007. Photo credit: NASA/Chris Lynch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Photographers crowd around the countdown clock and flag post near the NASA News Center to capture the successful on-time launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A at 7:38:04 p.m. EDT on mission STS-117. The shuttle is delivering a new segment to the starboard side of the International Space Station's backbone, known as the truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install the S3/S4 truss segment, deploy a set of solar arrays and prepare them for operation. STS-117 is the 118th space shuttle flight, the 21st flight to the station, the 28th flight for Atlantis and the first of four flights planned for 2007. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the News Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Andrew Petro, the agency's acting director of the Early Stage Innovation Division of the Office of the Chief Technologist, discusses the agency’s CubeSat Launch initiative. CubeSats provide opportunities for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned for upcoming launches. CubeSats, a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites, are flown as auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh about three pounds. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the News Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Andrew Petro, the agency's acting director of the Early Stage Innovation Division of the Office of the Chief Technologist, discusses the agency’s CubeSat Launch initiative. CubeSats provide opportunities for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned for upcoming launches. CubeSats, a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites, are flown as auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about one quart and weigh about three pounds. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From left, Scott Thurston, Kennedy deputy of the spacecraft office of the Commercial Crew Program, talks with Scott Colloredo, director of the Center Planning and Development Directorate. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

JSC2009-E-120701 (19 May 2009) --- Members of the STS-125 Hubble Space Telescope Planning and Orbit flight control team pose for a group portrait in the blue flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

JSC2009-E-120479 (18 May 2009) --- Members of the STS-125 Hubble Space Telescope Planning and Orbit flight control team pose for a group portrait in the blue flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The Marshall Space Flight Center, a NASA field installation, was established at Huntsville, Alabama, in 1960. The Center was named in honor of General George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff during World War II, Secretary of State, and Nobel Prize Wirner for his world-renowned Marshall Plan.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, left, and crawler-transporters, center, are seen from the tower of NASA's new mobile launcher, or ML, support structure. For information on NASA's future plans, visit www.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.