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.

Portrait, NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, Monday, April 9, 2018, NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, swears in Margaret Vo Schaus as NASA's Chief Financial Officer, as her husband John Schaus and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, look on, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, swears in Margaret Vo Schaus as NASA's Chief Financial Officer, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Elizabeth Robinson, NASA Chief Financial Officer, testifies during a Joint Hearing before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Elizabeth Robinson, NASA Chief Financial Officer, far right, testifies during a Joint Hearing before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, left, and newly appointed NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, meet on DeWit's first day in office, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. As NASA CFO, DeWit ensures the financial health of the agency, which includes effectively employing agency resources toward the achievement of NASA's strategic plan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, left, and newly appointed NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, meet on DeWit's first day in office, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. As NASA CFO, DeWit ensures the financial health of the agency, which includes effectively employing agency resources toward the achievement of NASA's strategic plan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. Elizabeth M. Robinson, nominee for Chief Financial Officer for NASA, answers questions during her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., left, talks about Dr. Elizabeth M. Robinson, nominee for Chief Financial Officer for NASA, right, prior to her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Susan P. Kroskey, Chief Financial Officer at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA

NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, left, and Andrew Hunter, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Strategy, Budget, and Performance, right, are seen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Stennis Director John Bailey hosts a Java with John session on Dec. 10 with employees representing the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of STEM Engagement, Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the center’s Autonomous Systems Laboratory team. Java with John is an employee-led discussion in a casual environment aimed at fostering a culture in which employees are welcome to share what matters most to them at work.

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson delivers an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson deliver an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson delivers an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Members of NASA’s Mission Support Directorate met with leaders from NASA’s Stennis Space Center and the NASA Shared Services Center during an onsite visit June 3. The group also participated in an in-depth tour of the NASA Stennis facilities. Pictured (left to right) are Ron Bald, chief counsel for the Office of the General Counsel at NASA Stennis and NASA Shared Services Center; Dinna Cottrell, chief information officer for the NASA Stennis and NASA Shared Services Center Office of the Chief Information Officer; Eli Ouder, procurement officer for NASA Stennis and NASA Shared Services Center; Stacy Houston, executive officer for NASA’s Mission Support Directorate; Michael Tubbs, acting director for the NASA Stennis Center Operations Directorate; Michael Hess, deputy associate administrator for NASA’s Mission Support Directorate; Rodney McKellip, associate director for NASA Stennis; Nichole Pinkney, program manager for NASA’s Mission Support Directorate; Duane Armstrong, manager for the NASA Stennis Strategic Development Office; Gary Benton, director for the NASA Stennis Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate; and Alison Butsch, associate chief financial officer for the External Business Operations Division within the NASA Stennis Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, listens as NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWitt, provides financial updates at an agency meeting at the Space Symposium, Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. NASA officials from NASA centers around the country were in attendance. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson, presents details of the fiscal year 2014 budget request in an agency-wide all hands meeting televised from NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens as NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson talks during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson, presents details of the fiscal year 2014 budget request in an agency-wide all hands meeting televised from NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Jeff DeWit, left, is seen during a ceremonial swearing in as the NASA Chief Financial Officer by Vice President Mike Pence as DeWit's wive Marina holds the bible and their children, Delaney, left, Katie, and Jamie look on, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, is congratulated by Vice President Mike Pence, as NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit looks on, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Chairman of the of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, makes a point during the nomination hearing for Dr. Elizabeth M. Robinson, nominee for Chief Financial Officer for NASA, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, right, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, right, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson deliver an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, watches the live uplink with the crew of the International Space Station, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Jim Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) presents a plaque to the Center’s Chief Financial Officer, Nap Carroll, who spearheaded the Kennedy Space Center Combined Federal Campaign. The 2004 campaign netted $389,000 to donate to the United Way of Brevard.

Chief Financial Officer Margaret Vo Schaus speaks during a Strengthening Acquisition and Program Management at the Agency fireside chat, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens as NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson delivers an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, right, shake hands while meeting with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Jim Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, listens as NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson, right, presents details of the fiscal year 2014 budget request in an agency-wide all hands meeting televised from NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The KSC Holiday Celebration was also the occasion for presenting the Center’s Combined Federal Campaign check to United Way of Brevard. The 2004 campaign netted $389,000 in donations. At right is Center Director Jim Kennedy. Next to him, at left, is the campaign chairman, KSC’s Chief Financial Officer, Nap Carroll.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson deliver an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Official portrait of Shana L. Dale, deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As deputy administrator, Dale serves as the agency’s second in command and oversees the day-to-day work of NASA’s functional offices, such as the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of General Counsel and Strategic Communications. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Elizabeth Robinson, NASA Chief Finiancial Officer, testifies during a Joint Hearing before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Jonathan Baker, Chief Financial Officer’s office, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, talks with NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit prior to testifying before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. Elizabeth M. Robinson, nominee for Chief Financial Officer for NASA, center, answers questions during her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Robinson is flanked by Dr. Patrick Gallagher, nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, far left, and Paul K. Martin, nominee to be Inspector General at NASA. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Paul K. Martin, nominee for Inspector General at NASA, right, answers questions during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At left is Dr. Elizabeth M. Robinson, nominee for Chief Financial Officer for NASA. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot, and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson, right, present details of the fiscal year 2014 budget request in an agency-wide all hands meeting televised from NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida, addresses the Florida Cabinet during its meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Oct. 18. The Cabinet approved a resolution recognizing NASA Kennedy Space Center for its contributions to spaceflight and technological innovation. The Cabinet, seated, is made up of Adam Putnam, left, Agriculture commissioner, Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Pam Bondi, attorney general. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

Dr. Temple Grandin, right, accepts a NASA photo collage from Kennedy Space Center Chief Financial Officer Susan Kroskey at the center's annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month event. Grandin served as keynote speaker. A prominent author and speaker on animal behavior and autism, she is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kroskey is the executive champion of Kennedy's Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, or DAAWG, which partnered with the Kennedy Networking Opportunities for Women group to sponsor the presentation.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida Cabinet reviews a resolution recognizing NASA Kennedy Space Center for its contributions to spaceflight and technological innovation during its meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Oct. 18. The Cabinet, seated, is made up of Adam Putnam, left, Agriculture commissioner, Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Pam Bondi, attorney general. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot, and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson, right, present details of the fiscal year 2014 budget request in an agency-wide all hands meeting televised from NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Counselor to the President of the United States Kellyanne Conway, left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit are seen in the audience during the swearing in of Jim Bridenstine as the 13th NASA Administrator by Vice President Mike Pence, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, left, talks to NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen after the launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket Saturday, May 5, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, right, give a standing ovation to former acting administrator Robert Lightfoot, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Jim Morhard, left, speaks after being sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., second from left, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right and NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, right, look on, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Paul K. Martin, nominee for Inspector General at NASA, far right, answers questions during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Looking on are Dr. Elizabeth M. Robinson, nominee for Chief Financial Officer for NASA, center, and Dr. Patrick Gallagher, nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Robert Cabana, left, NASA Kennedy Space Center director, addresses the Florida Cabinet on Oct. 18 during a Cabinet meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. The Cabinet, seated, is made up of Adam Putnam, left, Agriculture commissioner, Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Pam Bondi, attorney general. The Cabinet recognized the center's accomplishments in spaceflight and technological innovation during its meeting. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

A Nasdaq moderator, center, talks with NASA Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development Phil McAlister, left, ISS National Lab Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ken Shields, NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee Chair Mike Gold, and NASA Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Integration Doug Comstock, right, during a live social media event shortly after NASA announced a five-part plan to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial and marketing activities and private astronaut missions to the station and enable additional commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit, Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. NASA will continue to maintain human presence and research in low-Earth orbit, and the long-term goal is to achieve a robust economy from which NASA can purchase services at a lower cost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A Nasdaq moderator, center, talks with NASA Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development Phil McAlister, left, ISS National Lab Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ken Shields, NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee Chair Mike Gold, and NASA Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Integration Doug Comstock, right, during a live social media event shortly after NASA announced a five-part plan to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial and marketing activities and private astronaut missions to the station and enable additional commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit, Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. NASA will continue to maintain human presence and research in low-Earth orbit, and the long-term goal is to achieve a robust economy from which NASA can purchase services at a lower cost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Vice President Mike Pence, center, meets with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, to discuss the progress on Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1), Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Also attending the meeting was NASA Chief of Staff Janet Karika, NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk, Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier, and Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, along with acting Chief of Staff to the Vice President Jarrod Agen and Executive Director of the National Space Council Scott Pace. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Florida Gov. Rick Scott (left) tours the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He is being briefed on the processing of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. With his back to the camera is Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director. To the governor’s left is Jeff Atwater, Florida chief financial officer. The governor and other state officials were at Kennedy for a Florida cabinet meeting and a space industry roundtable at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Debus Conference Center. They also toured selected facilities around the center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. 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 third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

From left to right, Christyl Johnson, deputy director for technology and research investments, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Gary Knell, CEO, National Geographic Partners; Ellen Stofan, director, Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum; Eric Fanning, AIA President and CEO; and Jeff DeWitt, NASA Chief Financial Officer, pose for a photo before a showing of the Project Mars Competition's short films winners and the Mars series, Monday, November 5, 2018 at National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s 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 third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. 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 third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida Cabinet approved a resolution recognizing NASA Kennedy Space Center for its contributions to spaceflight and technological innovation during its meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Oct. 18. Adam Putnam, left, agriculture commissioner, Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida. Governor Rick Scott, Bob Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director, Pam Bondi, attorney general, and Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, took part in the recognition during the meeting. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, speaks to NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, center, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, following the launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket Saturday, May 5, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Dr. Temple Grandin, second from left, pauses for a photo after giving the keynote presentation at Kennedy Space Center's annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) event. From left are Chief Financial Officer Susan Kroskey, executive champion of Kennedy's Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, or DAAWG; Grandin; Joette Feeney, chair of the Kennedy Networking Opportunities for Women group, or KNOW; and DAAWG Co-chairs Nicole Delvesco and Annie Williams. A prominent author and speaker on animal behavior and autism, Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kennedy's DAAWG and KNOW groups partnered to sponsor the presentation.

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. 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 third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Florida Gov. Rick Scott (left) tours the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He is being briefed on the processing of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. With his back to the camera is Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director. To Cabana’s right is Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida. To the governor’s left is Jeff Atwater, Florida chief financial officer. The governor and other state officials were at Kennedy for a Florida cabinet meeting and a space industry roundtable at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Debus Conference Center. They also toured selected facilities around the center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit gives remarks during a briefing where NASA announced the agency’s five-part plan to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial and marketing activities and private astronaut missions to the station and enable additional commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit, Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. NASA will continue to maintain human presence and research in low-Earth orbit, and the long-term goal is to achieve a robust economy from which NASA can purchase services at a lower cost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, center, speaks with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, left, after watching the launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket Saturday, May 5, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, center, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, watch the launch of NASA's InSight spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket Saturday, May 5, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the high bay at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA’s Orion Production Manager Scott Wilson, (center), Adam Putnam, Florida agriculture commissioner, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, (right), and Jeff Atwater, Florida chief financial officer, (left), look at an Orion capsule used in launch abort testing. The governor and other state officials were at Kennedy for a Florida cabinet meeting and a space industry roundtable at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Debus Conference Center. They also toured selected facilities around the center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

NASA Public Affairs Officer Stephanie Schierholz, standing left, moderates a media briefing with NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, left, NASA International Space Station Deputy Director Robyn Gatens, center, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate William Gerstenmaier where they announced the agency’s five-part plan to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial and marketing activities and private astronaut missions to the station and enable additional commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit, Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. NASA will continue to maintain human presence and research in low-Earth orbit, and the long-term goal is to achieve a robust economy from which NASA can purchase services at a lower cost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

After the finals of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition, Team 86 from Jacksonville, Fla., receives from the FIRST crew an award for Best Play of the Day. At left is Nap Carroll, chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center. The event was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville

Members of one of the teams competing in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition, wait to receive their medals from the FIRST crew. At left is Nap Carroll, chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center. The event was held at the KSC Visitor Complex. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville

NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate William Gerstenmaier, left, NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, center, and NASA International Space Station Deputy Director Robyn Gatens announce the agency’s five-part plan to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial and marketing activities and private astronaut missions to the station and enable additional commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit, Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. NASA will continue to maintain human presence and research in low-Earth orbit, and the long-term goal is to achieve a robust economy from which NASA can purchase services at a lower cost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director, (second from left), presents Florida Gov. Rick Scott, (center), a plaque following a tour of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle processing facility. To the right of the governor is Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida and Jeff Atwater, Florida chief financial officer. At the far left is Adam Putnam, Florida agriculture commissioner. The governor and other state officials were at Kennedy for a Florida cabinet meeting and a space industry roundtable at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Debus Conference Center. They also toured selected facilities around the center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, joins Mike Aller, executive director of the Space Coast Energy Consortium, in signing a Space Act Agreement to help transition the Kennedy Space Center from a historically government-only launch facility to a multiuser spaceport. The partnership defines how the space agency will serve both government and commercial renewable energy initiatives. Looking on, from the left, are Scott Lewit, chairman of the SCEC’s board of directors, Bennett Boucher, SCEC board member, and Rodger Rees, SCEC chief financial officer. The Cape Canaveral-based energy consortium is an industry-led nonprofit association created to identify and create innovative energy opportunities for the Space Coast and Florida. The organization was formed by community and industry leaders to assist with the post-space shuttle transition by building networks among local businesses with resources across the country. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA’s Orion Production Manager Scott Wilson, (from left), briefs Florida Gov. Rick Scott on the processing of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Also touring are Jeff Atwater, Florida chief financial officer, Adam Putnam, Florida agriculture commissioner, Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director, and Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida. The governor and other state officials were at Kennedy for a Florida cabinet meeting and a space industry roundtable at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Debus Conference Center. They also toured selected facilities around the center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

President Donald Trump meets NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, front, NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWitt, second from left, and Orion Program Manager, W. Michael Hawes, right, during a Made in America Product Showcase at the White House, Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. The Orion crew module that launched on Dec. 5, 2014 on the Exploration Flight Test-1 was also on display during the event. Lockheed Martin, NASA’s prime contractor for Orion, began manufacturing the Orion crew module in 2011 and delivered it in July 2012 to NASA's Kennedy Space Center where final assembly, integration and testing was completed. More than 1,000 companies across the country manufactured or contributed elements to the spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Michael Kersjes, center, author and former special education teacher and football coach from Michigan, accepts a special plaque after his presentation to workers during the Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, or DAAWG, event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Susan Kroskey, Kennedy's chief financial officer and executive champion of DAAWG, Center Director Bob Cabana, and Jessica Conner and Nicole DelVesco, DAAWG co-chairpersons. The theme of Kersjes' presentation was "Power of the Human Spirit." Kersjes is the author of the book, "A Smile as Big as the Moon," which told the true story of how he worked to get special education students into Space Camp, a competitive education program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. His book was made into a movie in 2012. For information on Kennedy's diversity programs, visit http://odeo.ksc.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

From left to right, Dr. Stephen Petranek, MARS scientific advisor and co-executive producer; Gareth Edwards, film director, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; Jeff DeWitt, NASA chief financial officer; Christyl Johnson, deputy director for technology and research investments, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Ellen Stofan, director, Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum; Gary Knell, CEO, National Geographic Partners; Eric Fanning, AIA President and CEO; and Chris Davenport, Washington Post space reporter, pose for a photo before a showing of the Project Mars Competition's short films winners and the Mars series, Monday, November 5, 2018 at National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, speaks with President Donald Trump, NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWitt, right, and Orion Program Manager, W. Michael Hawes, front, about NASA's Orion spacecraft that is currently on display on the south lawn of the White House as part of the Made in America showcase, at the White House, Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Lockheed Martin, NASA’s prime contractor for Orion, began manufacturing the Orion crew module in 2011 and delivered it in July 2012 to NASA's Kennedy Space Center where final assembly, integration and testing was completed. The successful launch of Orion on the Exploration Flight Test-1 was on Dec. 5, 2014. More than 1,000 companies across the country manufactured or contributed elements to the spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Members of one of the teams competing in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition, wait to receive their medals from the FIRST crew. At left is Nap Carroll, chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center. The event was held at the KSC Visitor Complex. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA’s Orion Production Manager Scott Wilson, (center), briefs Florida Gov. Rick Scott, (left), and Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida, (right), on the processing of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle which will be processed in the facility. Also listening are Jeff Atwater, Florida chief financial officer and Adam Putnam, Florida agriculture commissioner. The governor and other state officials were at Kennedy for a Florida cabinet meeting and a space industry roundtable at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Debus Conference Center. They also toured selected facilities around the center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

After the finals of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition, Team 86 from Jacksonville, Fla., receives from the FIRST crew an award for Best Play of the Day. At left is Nap Carroll, chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center. The event was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana joins representatives of the Space Coast Energy Consortium after signing a Space Act Agreement between the two organizations. From the left are, Cabana, Scott Lewit, chairman of the SCEC’s board of directors, Bennett Boucher, SCEC board member, Mike Aller, SCEC executive director, and Rodger Rees, SCEC chief financial officer. The Cape Canaveral-based energy consortium is an industry-led nonprofit association created to identify and create innovative energy opportunities for the Space Coast and Florida. The organization was formed by community and industry leaders to assist with the post-space shuttle transition by building networks among local businesses with resources across the country. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

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

Michael Kersjes, center, author and former special education teacher and football coach from Michigan, accepts a special plaque after his presentation to workers during the Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, or DAAWG, event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Susan Kroskey, Kennedy's chief financial officer and executive champion of DAAWG, Center Director Bob Cabana, and Jessica Conner and Nicole DelVesco, DAAWG co-chairpersons. The theme of Kersjes' presentation was "Power of the Human Spirit." Kersjes is the author of the book, "A Smile as Big as the Moon," which told the true story of how he worked to get special education students into Space Camp, a competitive education program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. His book was made into a movie in 2012.

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the KSC television studio, KSC management and other employees applaud President George W. Bush, who addressed the public and an assembly of government officials at NASA Headquarters as he outlined a new focus and vision for the space agency. Shown from left are Mike Leinbach, Shuttle launch director; David Culp, with NASA; Steve Francois, director, Launch Services Program; Richard Cota, deputy chief financial officer, KSC; Bill Pickavance vice president and associate program manager of Florida Operations, United Space Alliance (USA) ; Howard DeCastro, vice president and Space Shuttle program manager, USA; Shannon Roberts, with External Affairs; Woodrow Whitlow, KSC deputy director; Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Dr. Whitlow; Lisa Malone, director of External Affairs; Ken Aguilar, chief, Equal Opportunity office; and Cheryl Cox, External Affairs. The President stated his goals for NASA’s new mission: Completing the International Space Station, retiring the Space Shuttle orbiters, developing a new crew exploration vehicle, and returning to the moon and beyond within the next two decades. Pres. Bush was welcomed by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe and Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, who greeted him from the International Space Station. Members of the Washington, D.C., audience included astronauts Eileen Collins, Ed Lu and Michael Lopez-Alegria, and former astronaut Gene Cernan

VIERA, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center’s “Spaceperson” hangs out with baseball fans at the Space Coast Stadium’s Space Day. From left are Shannon Comerford, spring training coordinator for the Washington Nationals, Kelvin Manning, Kennedy associate director, Bob Cabana, Kennedy director, and Gretchen Dimmer, budget analyst in Kennedy’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Cabana was on hand to throw the first pitch of the spring training game between Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals and Houston Astros. Kennedy also set up a booth at the stadium for the occasion to highlight some of the contributions the space agency has made to sports, transportation and everyday life. A full-scale test version of NASA's new Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle was on display outside the stadium to show the public the spacecraft under development that will take astronauts farther into space than ever before. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Adult members of the team known as Heatwave, from St. Petersburg, Fla., get "high fives" from Nap Carroll (center), chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center, and other officials of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition held at the KSC Visitor Complex. Heatwave came in second for the final competition, plus received awards for Number One Seed, Best Offensive round, and the DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusvill

Members of the team known as Heatwave, from St. Petersburg, Fla., are excited after receiving an award at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition held at the KSC Visitor Complex. At left are Carol Cavanaugh, Public Affairs, and Nap Carroll, chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center. Heatwave came in second for the final competition, plus received awards for Number One Seed, Best Offensive round, and the DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville

Adult members of the team known as Heatwave, from St. Petersburg, Fla., get "high fives" from Nap Carroll (center), chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center, and other officials of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition held at the KSC Visitor Complex. Heatwave came in second for the final competition, plus received awards for Number One Seed, Best Offensive round, and the DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusvill

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An eight-member Kick-Start selection panel listens during a presentation by a Kennedy Space Center employee. Seated in the front row, left to right, are Bob Cabana, center director, Joyce Riquelme, director of Center Planning and Development, Susan Kroskey, center chief financial officer, and Josephine Burnett, director of International Space Station Ground Processing and Research. Back row, left to right are Tracy Anania Wetrich, director of Human Resources, Russell Romanella, director of Safety and Mission Assurance, Nancy Bray, deputy director of Center Operations, and Kelvin Manning, center associate director. As Kennedy continues developing programs and infrastructure to become a 21st century spaceport, many employees are devising ways to do their jobs better and more efficiently. On Sept. 6, 2012, 16 Kennedy employees pitched their innovative ideas for improving the center at the Kennedy Kick-Start event. The competition was part of a center-wide effort designed to increase exposure for innovative ideas and encourage their implementation. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/kick-start_competition.html Photo credit: NASA/Gianni Woods

Members of the team known as Heatwave, from St. Petersburg, Fla., are excited after receiving an award at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional competition held at the KSC Visitor Complex. At left are Carol Cavanaugh, Public Affairs, and Nap Carroll, chief financial officer, Kennedy Space Center. Heatwave came in second for the final competition, plus received awards for Number One Seed, Best Offensive round, and the DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit. Teams of high school students from all over the country tested the limits of their imagination using robots they designed, with the support of business and engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at the Southeast Regional event, 16 were Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville