Katherine Van Hooser, MSFC Chief Engineer, in her office, for Marshall Star “Take 5” series.

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier joins Jacobs General Manager Lon Miller during a tour of the company's Engineering Development Facility in Houston. Jacobs provides advanced technologies used aboard the International Space Station and for deep space exploration. From left: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Chief Technologist Chris Culbert, Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, Jacobs Clear Lake Group Deputy General Manager Joy Kelly and Jacobs Clear Lake Group General Manager Lon Miller. Date: 08-10-2017 Location: B1 & Jacobs Engineering Subject: NASA Acting Chief Technology Officer Douglas Terrier Tours JSC and Jacobs Photographer: David DeHoyos

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier joined Jacobs General Manager Lon Miller during a tour of the company's Engineering Development Facility in Houston. Jacobs provides advanced technologies used aboard the International Space Station and for deep space exploration. Date: 08-10-2017 Location: B1 & Jacobs Engineering Subject: NASA Acting Chief Technology Officer Douglas Terrier Tours JSC and Jacobs Photographer: David DeHoyos

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier inspects Jacobs’ mockup of the on-orbit Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer hardware. Astronauts use the mockup hardware to train on the ground to prepare to perform operations on the International Space Station. Jacobs provides advanced technologies used aboard the International Space Station and for deep space exploration. Date: 08-10-2017 Location: B1 & Jacobs Engineering Subject: NASA Acting Chief Technology Officer Douglas Terrier Tours JSC and Jacobs Photographer: David DeHoyos

The 1960s Star Trek television series cast members Chief Engineer Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott played by James Doohan and Chief Medical Officer Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy played by DeForest Kelley and the show’s creator Gene Roddenberry receive briefing on NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, now Armstrong, in front of HL-10

The 1960s Star Trek television series’ cast members visit NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, now called Armstrong, in 1967. The show’s Chief Engineer Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott played by James Doohan talks with NASA Pilot Bruce Peterson.

Portrait: Nans Kunz, NESC Chief Engineer

Marta Bohn-Meyer, Chief Engineer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

JAMES W. OWEN, SHUTTLE PROPULSION OFFICE, CHIEF ENGINEER, MSFC.

NASA research pilot Bill Dana stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body following his first glide flight on April 25, 1969. Dana later retired as Chief Engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, (called the NASA Flight Research Center in 1969). Prior to his lifting body assignment, Dana flew the X-15 research airplane. He flew the rocket-powered aircraft 16 times, reaching a top speed of 3,897 miles per hour and a peak altitude of 310,000 feet (almost 59 miles high).

DAVE EDWARDS, CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICE AT MARSHALL, POSES FOR “I CHART THE PATH” SERIES PHOTO

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Chief Technologist David Miller, second from left, tours laboratories inside the Swamp Works facility. Miller is briefed on technology developments in the lab by Jack Fox, chief of the Surface Systems Office in the Engineering and Technology Directorate. At right is Karen Thompson, Kennedy's chief technologist. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA Acting Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier (right) tours London’s Science Museum with Dr. David Rooney, Keeper of Technologies and Engineer and Doug Millard, Deputy Keeper of Technologies and Engineering.

NASA Acting Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier (right) tours London’s Science Museum with Dr. David Rooney, Keeper of Technologies and Engineer and Doug Millard, Deputy Keeper of Technologies and Engineering.

Carolyn Mizell, chief of the Research and Technology Management Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is photographed at the multiuser spaceport’s headquarters building on June 30, 2022. Mizell has worked in a wide variety of roles in over 30 years at Kennedy, including KSC Deputy Chief Technologist, chair of the Research and Technology Management Board, space shuttle instrumentation system engineer, lead for Design Engineering Hazardous Gas Detection and Optical Instrumentation Laboratories, and project manager of multiple research and development projects.

A Jacobs engineer shows NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier how the company uses 3-D printers to create inexpensive physical models of new electronically designed hardware. Date: 08-10-2017 Location: B1 & Jacobs Engineering Subject: NASA Acting Chief Technology Officer Douglas Terrier Tours JSC and Jacobs Photographer: David DeHoyos

Engineers for NASA's MarCO (Mars Cube One) technology demonstration inspect one of the two MarCO CubeSats. Joel Steinkraus, MarCO lead mechanical engineer, left, and Andy Klesh, MarCO chief engineer, are on the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, preparing twin MarCO CubeSats. The briefcase-size MarCO twins were designed to ride along with NASA's next Mars lander, InSight. Its planned March 2016 launch was suspended. InSight -- an acronym for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport -- will study the interior of Mars to improve understanding of the processes that formed and shaped rocky planets, including Earth. Note: After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission. The decision follows unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a section of the prime instrument in the science payload. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20343

NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center cut the ribbon Aug. 24 on a new, storm-resistant Records Retention Facility that consolidates and protects records storage at the nation's premier rocket engine test facility. This facility will also house history office operations. Participants in the ribbon-cutting included: (l to r) Gay Irby, Center Operations deputy director at Stennis; Linda Cureton, NASA chief information officer; Patrick Scheuermann, Stennis director; Jane Odom, NASA chief archivist; Dinna Cottrell, Stennis chief information officer; and James Cluff, Stennis records manager.

Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, addresses an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, speaks to SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, during a tour of the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE FOR NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM, DAN DORNEY GUIDES THE TEAM EVALUATING THE VEHICLES CREATED BY INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND ENSURES THE ROCKETS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO SAFELY CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

Crew chief Joe Kinn gives NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft a final check during engine run-up prior to takeoff at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' airfield.

NASA Acting Deputy Chief Technologist Vicki Crips being briefed by Tim Cox, Controls Engineer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California, on the operation of the sonic boom prediction algorithms being used in engineering simulation for the NASA Supersonic Quest program.

From left, James Wood, chief engineer and Akash Vangani, deputy chief engineer with the Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, participate in a mission dress rehearsal on Monday, June 17, 2024, inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The GOES-U satellite, the final addition to GOES-R series, will serve a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans launched Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

JSC2001-E-21323 (12 July 2001) --- From left to right, Robert Gest with United Space Alliance; Steven A. Hawley, deputy director of Flight Crew Operations; Alan L. (Lee) Briscoe, chief engineer for the Mission Operations Directorate (MOD); and J. Milton (Milt) Heflin, chief of the Flight Director's Office, watch the monitor at the MOD console during the pre-launch activity for the STS-104 mission in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC).

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson (center) visited John C. Stennis Space Center on Aug. 17, touring facilities and the A-3 Test Stand construction site. Joining her on the tour of the facility were: (l to r) Deputy Director Rick Gilbrech, Stennis Chief Financial Officer Jim Bevis, Project Directorate representative Randy Holland and engineer Tom Rich.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Chief Technologist David Miller, center, tours laboratories inside the Swamp Works facility. At right, Dr. Gioia Massa, NASA project scientist in the Engineering and Technology Directorate, discusses the VEGGIE plant growth system. At left is Karen Thompson, Kennedy's chief technologist. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a groundbreaking was held to mark the start of construction on the Antenna Test Bed Array for the Ka-Band Objects Observation and Monitoring, or Ka-BOOM system. Holding ceremonial shovels, from left are Michael Le, lead design engineer and construction manager Sue Vingris, Cape Design Engineer Co. project manager Kannan Rengarajan, chief executive officer of Cape Design Engineer Co. Lutfi Mized, president of Cape Design Engineer Co. David Roelandt, construction site superintendent with Cape Design Engineer Co. Marc Seibert, NASA project manager Michael Miller, NASA project manager Peter Aragona, KSC’s Electromagnetic Lab manager Stacy Hopper, KSCs master planning supervisor Dr. Bary Geldzabler, NASA chief scientist and KSC’s Chief Technologist Karen Thompson. The construction site is near the former Vertical Processing Facility, which has been demolished. Workers will begin construction on the pile foundations for the 40-foot-diameter dish antenna arrays and their associated utilities, and prepare the site for the operations command center facility. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a groundbreaking was held to mark the start of construction on the Antenna Test Bed Array for the Ka-Band Objects Observation and Monitoring, or Ka-BOOM system. Using ceremonial shovels to mark the site, from left are Michael Le, lead design engineer and construction manager Sue Vingris, Cape Design Engineer Co. project manager Kannan Rengarajan, chief executive officer of Cape Design Engineer Co. Lutfi Mized, president of Cape Design Engineer Co. David Roelandt, construction site superintendent with Cape Design Engineer Co. Marc Seibert, NASA project manager Michael Miller, NASA project manager Peter Aragona, KSC’s Electromagnetic Lab manager Stacy Hopper, KSCs master planning supervisor Dr. Bary Geldzabler, NASA chief scientist and KSC’s Chief Technologist Karen Thompson. The construction site is near the former Vertical Processing Facility, which has been demolished. Workers will begin construction on the pile foundations for the 40-foot-diameter dish antenna arrays and their associated utilities, and prepare the site for the operations command center facility. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser

: NASA’s Stennis Space Center continues to support commercial companies and benefit the aerospace industry. The latest example comes as officials from NASA Stennis and Rolls-Royce break ground for the E-1 Hydrogen Test Pad, located at the NASA Stennis E-Complex Test Facility, during a June 27 ceremony. The site will be where Rolls-Royce conducts hydrogen testing for the Pearl 15 engine. The Pearl 15 engine helps power the Bombardier Global 5500 & 6500 aircraft and enables top speeds of Mach 0.90. Groundbreaking participants include (left to right): Adam Newman, Rolls-Royce chief engineer of hydrogen technology; Deborah Robinson, Rolls-Royce director of test and experimental engineering; Troy Frisbie, NASA Stennis legislative affairs specialist and chief of staff; Dan Lyon, Rolls-Royce North America general manager; and Steven Blake, Rolls-Royce North America indirect purchasing, global commodity manager.

Attendees at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway listen to a panel discussion titled “Feeling is believing: A Tactile Launch Experience” about bring the eclipse experience to the visually impared with Shahra Lambert, senior advisor for engagement and equity in NASA's Office of the Administrator, Brandon Pearson, education director at NearSpace Education, John Pugsley, engineer at NearSpace Launch, Matt Voss, chief operating officer at NearSpace Launch, Dave Schleppenbach, chief executive officer at Tactile Engineering, Alex Moon, software director at Tactile Engineering, and Greg Williams, accessibility and STEM advisor at Tactile Engineering, ahead of the total solar eclipse, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Indianapolis, Ind. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Claudia Sales, NASA’s acting X-59 deputy chief engineer and airworthiness certification lead for the quiet supersonic research aircraft, supports ground testing for Acoustic Research Measurements (ARM) flights. The test campaign to evaluate technologies that reduce aircraft noise was conducted at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in 2018.

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, left of center, meets with Dr. Ed Wilson, engineering professor emeritus and tours Wilson's atmospheric sciences laser lab during “NASA Day in Arkansas” at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, on Jan. 27, 2020.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, speaks to press with SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, second from left, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, second from right, and NASA astronaut Bob Behnken, at SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, right, speaks to press with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, in front of the Crew Dragon that is being prepared for the Demo-2 mission, at SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, right, speak to press in front of the Crew Dragon that is being prepared for the Demo-2 mission, at SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Acting Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier is interviewed by a member of the media during Sneak Peek Friday at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Friday, April 6, 2018 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The festival is open to the public April 7-8. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, center, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, along with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk signs a banner after discussing progress on the Commercial Crew Program with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk signs a banner after discussing progress on the Commercial Crew Program with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Henry Taylor is the chief flight engineer on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, that will take space shuttle Endeavour from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Los Angeles for public display. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Actor Connor Trinneer, right, tours the high bay clean room in Building 29 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Trinneer is best known for his role as Chief Engineer "Trip" Tucker in the TV show "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Douglas F4D-1 (Bu. No. 134759) Skyray Plan view of airplane with Ames Pilot Don R. Heinle, Engineer L. Stewart Rolls and Crew Chief Walter Liewar. Note: Used in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig.28

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier joined Jacobs General Manager Lon Miller during a tour of the company's Engineering Development Facility in Houston. Jacobs provides advanced technologies used aboard the international Space Station and for deep space exploration.

CURTIS O. TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF LINC RESEARCH CORP, (L), AND JEFF LINDNER, CHIEF ENGINEER, POSE WITH HARDWARE FOR THEIR PATENTED TECHNOLOGY, FLUID STRUCTURE COUPLING, WHICH USES SIMPLE PHYSICS TO DAMPEN POTENTIALLY HARMFUL SHAKING IN STRUCTURES. INSTALLATION OF THE FLUID STRUCTURE COUPLING TECHNOLOGY IN A BUILDING WILL TAKE PLACE IN SUMMER OF 2016.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, right, speak to press in front of the Crew Dragon that is being prepared for the Demo-2 mission, at SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Henry Taylor, chief flight engineer on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, speaks with news media at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA will take space shuttle Endeavour from Florida to Los Angeles for public display. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, left, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, along with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, rear, arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Henry Taylor, chief flight engineer on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, speaks with news media at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA will take space shuttle Endeavour from Florida to Los Angeles for public display. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk answers a question from the press in front of the Crew Dragon that is being prepared for the Demo-2 mission, at SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, left, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, right, along with Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, participates in a crew Dragon flight simulation with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, and Bob Behnken, while SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk looks on, at the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Portrait of Nelson Morales, chief of NASA Glenn’s Structural Mechanics Branch, was chosen as a 2023 Luminary. This award recognizes Hispanic innovators who are engineering the future while lighting the way for the next generation of STEM leaders. Luminaries are chosen for their achievements leading, collaborating, and initiating key programs and research in their respective fields.

Actor Connor Trinneer tours the high bay clean room in Building 29 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Trinneer is best known for his role as Chief Engineer "Trip" Tucker in the TV show "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Justin Link, left, and Justin Hall attach an engine onto a subscale aircraft on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Link is a pilot for small uncrewed aircraft systems at the center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory and Hall is the lab’s chief pilot.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Ed Hoffman and Annie Caraccio discuss the 'Young Professional's Perspective at NASA' during the final day of a weeklong series called 'Masters with Masters.' Hoffman, NASA's chief Knowledge officer, and Caraccio, a chemical engineer in the Engineering and Technology Directorate at Kennedy, were joined by Philip Harris, an International Operations engineer from the Johnson Space Center via a television link with NASA's office in Moscow. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

New Center Network Deployment ribbon Cutting: from left to right: Maryland Edwards, Code JT upgrade project deputy task manager; Ed Murphy, foundry networks systems engineer; Bohdan Cmaylo, Code JT upgrade project task manager, Scott Santiago, Division Chief, Code JT; Greg Miller, Raytheon Network engineer and Frank Daras, Raytheon network engineering manager.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Ed Hoffman and Annie Caraccio discuss the 'Young Professional's Perspective at NASA' during the final day of a weeklong series called 'Masters with Masters.' Hoffman, NASA's chief Knowledge officer, and Caraccio, a chemical engineer in the Engineering and Technology Directorate at Kennedy, were joined by Philip Harris, an International Operations engineer from the Johnson Space Center via a television link with NASA's office in Moscow. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

Bryon Maynard (left), an aerospace technologist for Propulsion Systems & Tech in Stennis' Engineering and Science Directorate, uses a 'pocket rocket' to demonstrate the concept of rocket propulsion as part of NASA's exhibit at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. Maynard is joined by Bradley Messer (right), chief of the Systems Engineering & Integration Division in Stennis' Engineering and Science Directorate, and a pair of exhibit visitors.

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, right, speaks to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, and SpaceX Vice President of Propulsion Engineering, Will Heltsley, left, while viewing the OctaWeb, part of the Merlin engine used for the Falcon rockets, at the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Marshall Center Director Patrick Scheuermann and Dr. Lisa Watson-Morgan talk to news media at the April 17 Marshall 2014 Update. Watson-Morgan, the first woman to be named the center's chief engineer, answered questions about progress on the Space Launch System and other projects, and spoke about the importance of attracting young people to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to maintain a "pipeline" of future engineers.

Officials at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex prepare to push a ceremonial button to "launch" the facility's new Astronaut Training Experience (ATX). Participating, from the left, are: Dee Maynard, private education program manager for the Kennedy visitor complex, Rick Abramson, chief customer officer for Delaware North, Kennedy Director Bob Cabana, Lisa Callahan vice president and general manager of Commercial Civil Space at Lockheed Martin Space, Jim Houser, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Delaware North, and Therrin Protze, chief operating officer of the Kennedy visitor complex. The ATX uses three-dimensional computer display simulation technology to "transport" participants to Mars, training them to live and work in the environment of the Red Planet. The educational experience also teaches what it’s like to travel there. The facility uses NASA science to address engineering challenges in space travel. Lockheed Martin is the title sponsor for the Astronaut Training Experience.

Engineers for NASA's MarCO (Mars Cube One) technology demonstration inspect one of the two MarCO CubeSats. Cody Colley, MarCO integration and test deputy, left, and Andy Klesh, MarCO chief engineer, are on the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, preparing twin MarCO CubeSats. The briefcase-size MarCO twins were designed to ride along with NASA's next Mars lander, InSight. Its planned March 2016 launch was suspended. InSight -- an acronym for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport -- will study the interior of Mars to improve understanding of the processes that formed and shaped rocky planets, including Earth. Note: After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission. The decision follows unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a section of the prime instrument in the science payload. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20342

Tim Dunn, launch director for NASA’s Launch Services Program, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14, 2019. Hosted in the Kennedy Learning Institute and sponsored by the center’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Chief Counsel Dan Shaver, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

Shawn Quinn, director of Engineering at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Chief Counsel Dan Shaver, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

Tim Dunn, launch director for NASA’s Launch Services Program, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14, 2019. Hosted in the Kennedy Learning Institute and sponsored by the center’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Chief Counsel Dan Shaver, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

Barbara Brown, chief technologist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Counsel Dan Shaver and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

In recognition of Black History Month, the Black Employee Strategy Team hosted a panel discussion featuring some of the future leaders of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 13, 2019. Participants from left, are Tamiko Fletcher, Kennedy’s chief security information officer in IT Security; Anthony Harris, chief, Facility Systems Branch in Safety and Mission Assurance; Charmel Anderson-Jones, senior cross program quality engineer in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Exploration Ground Systems Division; and Malcolm Boston, contracting officer representative in the Launch Services Program. They shared personal testimony about their journey toward NASA employment, leadership styles and keys to their success.

Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Chief Counsel Dan Shaver, Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program.

Dan Shaver, chief counsel at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

Barbara Brown, chief technologist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Counsel Dan Shaver and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

In recognition of Black History Month, the Black Employee Strategy Team hosted a panel discussion featuring some of the future leaders of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 13, 2019. Participants from left, are Tamiko Fletcher, Kennedy’s chief security information officer in IT Security; Anthony Harris, chief, Facility Systems Branch in Safety and Mission Assurance; Charmel Anderson-Jones, senior cross program quality engineer in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Exploration Ground Systems Division; and Malcolm Boston, contracting officer representative in the Launch Services Program. They shared personal testimony about their journey toward NASA employment, leadership styles and keys to their success.

Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Chief Counsel Dan Shaver, Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program.

Shawn Quinn, director of Engineering at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Chief Counsel Dan Shaver, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

Dan Shaver, chief counsel at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

Barbara Brown, chief technologist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style informational session on Nov. 14, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this session was organizations, and additional speakers included Director of Engineering Shawn Quinn, Chief Counsel Dan Shaver and Tim Dunn, launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program, with a skill-building section on vision by Mark Wiese, logistics element manager for the Gateway Program.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bill Pickavance, vice president and deputy program manager, Florida operations, United Space Alliance, speaks to employees during Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting for employees. Also on the agenda was Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director, and Tim Wilson, assistant chief engineer for Shuttle. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to employees during his first all-hands meeting. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Employees in the Training Auditorium listen to Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting for employees. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to employees during his first all-hands meeting. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director, speaks to employees during Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting for employees. Also on the agenda was 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) welcomes Bill Pickavance to the podium during the CD’s first all-hands meeting with employees. Pickavance is vice president and deputy program manager, Florida operations, United Space Alliance. Also, making presentations were Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director, and Tim Wilson, assistant chief engineer for Shuttle. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Tim Wilson, assistant chief engineer for Shuttle, speaks to employees during Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting for employees. Also on the agenda was Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director, 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director, speaks to employees during Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting for employees. Also on the agenda was 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to employees during his first all-hands meeting. 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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to employees during his first all-hands meeting. 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.

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.

A social media panel discussion takes place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, May 3, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Participants, from left to right are Antonia Jaramillo, NASA Communications; Jim Free, NASA associate administrator; Ian Kappes, deputy launch vehicle office manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Amy Comeau Denker, Starliner associate chief engineer, Boeing; Caleb Weiss, system engineering & test leader, ULA (United Launch Alliance); and Jennifer Buchli, chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:43 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 21.

MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER PARTICIPATED IN THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) POST-PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW REPORT, HELD AUG. 5 IN ACTIVITIES BUILDING 4316. DISCUSSING THE REVIEW AND THANKING THE MARSHALL TEAM FOR A JOB WELL DONE, ARE FROM LEFT, GARRY LYLES, SLS CHIEF ENGINEER; TODD MAY, MANAGER OF THE SLS PROGRAM; STEVE CASH, DIRECTOR OF MARSHALL’S SAFETY & MISSION ASSURANCE DIRECTORATE; AND CHRIS SINGER, MANAGER OF MARSHALL’S ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Henry Taylor, from left to right, chief flight engineer on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, Gary Ash, flight engineer, and Jeff Moultrie, pilot, look ahead to flying space shuttle Endeavour from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Los Angeles for public display. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann (right) and Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Chief of Staff James Pettigrew drop the first shovelfuls of dirt on a time capsule to be opened on the rocket engine test facility's 100th anniversary in 2061. The time capsule was placed in front of the Roy S. Estess Building on Oct. 25 as Stennis concluded celebrations of its 50th anniversary. NASA publicly announced plans to build the rocket engine test site Oct. 25, 1961.

Expedition 9 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, center and the backup crew, left of center, receive some final instructions from engineers, technicians and Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, right, in building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

OVERSEEING ORION HEAT SHIELD WORK IN MARSHALL'S SEVEN-AXIS MILLING AND MACHINING FACILITY ARE, FROM LEFT, JOHN KOWAL, MANAGER OF ORION'S THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER; NICHOLAS CROWLEY, AN AMES ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN; AND ROB KORNIENKO, AMES ENGINEERING BRANCH CHIEF. THE HEAT SHIELD FLEW TO SPACE DURING THE EFT-1 FULL SCALE FLIGHT TEST OF ORION IN DECEMBER, 2014

Chief, State Organization, Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center, Sergei Krikalev, speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation, John Beyrle, left, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, and Chief, State Organization, Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center, Sergei Krikalev, pose for a photograph shortly after the successful Soyuz launch of Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Sergei Krikalev, Chief, State Organization, Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center speaks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov, Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko on Thursday, April 1, 2010, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance (air-LUSI) instrument is moved across the hangar floor by robotic engineer Alexander McCafferty-Leroux ,from right to left, co-investigator Dr. John Woodward, NIST astronomer Dr. Susana Deustua, air-LUSI chief system engineer Dr. Kathleen “Kat” Scanlon, and members of the ER-2 ground crew at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in March 2025.