KEN COOPER GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO STATE SENATOR BILL HOLTZCLAW, REPRESENTATIVE MAC MCCUTCHEON, GREG CANFIELD OF THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNOR BENTLEY’S CHIEF OF STAFF, DAVID PERRY, AND LT. GOVERNOR STRANGES CHIEF OF STAFF, STEVE PELHAM.

LISA BATES PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THRUST VECTOR CONTROL TO STATE SENATOR BILL HOLTZCLAW, REPRESENTATIVE MAC MCCUTCHEON, GREG CANFIELD OF THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNOR BENTLEY’S CHIEF OF STAFF, DAVID PERRY, AND LT. GOVERNOR STRANGES CHIEF OF STAFF, STEVE PELHAM.

LISA BATES PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THRUST VECTOR CONTROL TO STATE SENATOR BILL HOLTZCLAW, REPRESENTATIVE MAC MCCUTCHEON, GREG CANFIELD OF THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNOR BENTLEY’S CHIEF OF STAFF, DAVID PERRY, AND LT. GOVERNOR STRANGES CHIEF OF STAFF, STEVE PELHAM

NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun visited John C. Stennis Space Center on Aug. 26. While at Stennis, he spoke to employees and the media about innovation and technology in NASA's future and the important role Stennis will play in space exploration programs. Braun also toured facilities and received briefings on work under way at the nation's premier rocket engine test facility.

Portrait, NASA Chief of Staff Janet Karika, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. Dwight Peake, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center chief medical officer and flight surgeon, confirms a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) staff member is ready for flight. The two California NASA centers are working together to fly JPL staff on an Armstrong G-III aircraft from California to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JPL staff are completing critical work to ensure NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is ready on time.

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.

NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck discusses technology and innovation during a meeting with staff at NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck discusses technology and innovation during a meeting with staff at NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A Darth Vader character visits with NASA Stennis legislative affairs specialist and chief of staff Troy Frisbie at the NASA booth on June 23 at the Mississippi Comic Convention in Jackson, Mississippi.

NASA Stennis legislative affairs specialist and chief of staff Troy Frisbie discusses his appearance in Star Trek Explorer magazine with a member of the Jackson, Mississippi, Star Trek fan club, USS Haise.

NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck discusses technology and innovation during a meeting with staff at NASA Headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acquisition Division (Code-JA) staff with Branch Chiefs: Seated L-R; Connie Cunningham, Dee Morison, Carolyn LaFollette: Standing L-R; Gene Moses, Charles Duff, Daryl Wong

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

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

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

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

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, meet with, from left to right, Israel’s Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Ofir Akunis, Israel’s Deputy Director General, Omer Shechter, Israel’s Chief of Staff, Asaf Magen, Chief of Staff, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, Evan Charney, NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations, Rebecca Levy, NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations, Amber McIntyre, and NASA Associate Administrator, Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, Monday, March 27, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, second from right, meet with, from left to right, Israel’s Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Ofir Akunis, Israel’s Deputy Director General, Omer Shechter, Israel’s Chief of Staff, Asaf Magen, Chief of Staff, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, Evan Charney, NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations, Rebecca Levy, NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations, Amber McIntyre, and NASA Associate Administrator, Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, Monday, March 27, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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)

NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba, right, present Jerry Farnsworth, chief of staff at Arlington National Cemetery with a montage from Expedition 54, Friday, June 15, 2018 in Arlington, Va. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba, right, present Jerry Farnsworth, chief of staff at Arlington National Cemetery with a patch flown onboard the International Space Station during Expedition 54, Friday, June 15, 2018 in Arlington, Va. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, along with NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Jacyln Jester, left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

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

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, left, and White House Office of Science and Technology Chief of Staff Jim Kohlenberger, right, listen to Mr. David W. Thompson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Orbital Sciences Corporation as he gives a tour of the Orbital Sciences facilities on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 in Dulles, VA. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief of Test, Launch and Recovery Operations, Jeremy Graeber, left, speaks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, his wife Grace Nelson, center, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from right, and NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Casey Swails, right, at the Launch Control Center, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins (left) is greeted at the entrance to the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., by Dr. Thomas Howard (center), chief medical officer, and Dr. Michael Doukas (right), chief of staff with the Orlando V.A. Medical Center. Collins is participating in the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year.

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astronaut Trainee, Wally Funk

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left speaks with Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, Scott Pace, Executive Director of the National Space Council, left, and acting Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Jarrod Agen, right, prior to a meeting with NASA leadership about the progress on Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1), Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez participates in the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Other panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray, and Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims.

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, are greeted at the Skid Strip, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, after their landing. Behind Mrs. Cheney is NASA Vehicle Manager Scott Thurston. At center is Pam Adams, with External Relations. On the far right is J.T. Jezierski, NASA deputy chief of staff and White House liaison. Cheney and his family flew in to view the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA Chief of Staff, Susie Perez Quinn, speaks with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, after she signed the Artemis Accords, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Colombia is the nineteenth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Pathways intern Duncan Manor presents his proposal during an “Innovation Without Boundaries” event held in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 2. Civil servants and contractors throughout Kennedy participated in the event, which featured 39 proposals as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Presenters had two minutes to highlight their idea, followed by a three-minute question-and-answer period. The judging panel included senior staff, contractors and representatives throughout the center.

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.

Korean High Level Delegation Visit Ames Certer Director and various Senior staff: John Hines, Ames Center Chief Technologist (middel left) explains PharmaSat (small Satellites) to Soon-Duk Bae, Deputy Director, Big Science Policy Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Science Technology, Young-Mok Hyun, Deputy Director, Space Development Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Science Technology, Seorium Lee, Senior Researcher, International Relations Korea Aerospace Research Institute. Unkonw person at the end of table.

NASA Stennis Deputy Director Christine Powell, center, and NASA Stennis Director John Bailey, right, meet with Dr. Timla Washington, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, during a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 18. The leaders from NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, spoke with congressional representatives and staffers about NASA legislation, current and future work at NASA Stennis, and the growing number of commercial aerospace companies at the NASA Stennis Federal City.

Judges listen to a presentation during the “Innovation Without Boundaries” event held in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 2. There were 39 proposals from Kennedy civil servant and contractor employees, featuring a wide range of innovative ideas as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Presenters had two minutes to highlight their idea, followed by a three-minute question-and-answer period. The judging panel included senior staff, contractors and representatives throughout Kennedy.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left) shows some of the debris from Space Shuttle Columbia to former payload specialist Dr. Roger Crouch (center) and NASA Chief of Staff and White House liaison Courtney Stadd. The search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Columbia material has passed the halfway mark. To date about 28 percent of Columbia, by weight, has been delivered to the hangar.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, meets with incoming JPL Director Dr. Laurie Leshin, left, along with NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Bale Dalton, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Business Operations Casey Swails, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Tuesday, Feb., 15, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Director's Council, front row left to right, Lewis Braxton, Deputy Director of Ames, S. Pete Worden, Director of Ames, Steve Zornetzer, Associate Center Director. Back row left to right Paul Agnew, CFO, Jack Boyd, Sr. Advisor to the Center Director, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deb Feng, Deputy Director (Acting), Phil Fluegemann, Executive Officer for Deputy Director .

Leah Martin, NASA Communications, moderates the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez, Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray, and Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims.

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.

Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray participates in the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Other panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez, and Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims.

White House Liaison Darren Bossie, left, NASA Chief of Staff Trey Carlson, NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, right, and other NASA senior leadership, meet with NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Tahara Dawkins, Chief of Staff for the National Space Council speaks during an Artemis Generation Roundtable for Black Space Week, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As part of Black Space Week, the National Space Council and NASA collaborated with Black In Astro to host students for a discussion on the future of space exploration and equity. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left) shows some of the debris from Space Shuttle Columbia to former payload specialist Dr. Roger Crouch (center) and NASA Chief of Staff and White House liaison Courtney Stadd. The search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Columbia material has passed the halfway mark. To date about 28 percent of Columbia, by weight, has been delivered to the hangar.

Korean High Level Delegation Visit Ames Certer Director and various Senior staff: John Hines, Ames Center Chief Technologist (middel left) explains operations at the LADEE lab to Soon-Duk Bae, Deputy Director, Big Science Policy Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Science Technology, Young-Mok Hyun, Deputy Director, Space Development Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Science Technology, Seorium Lee, Senior Researcher, International Relations Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims participates in the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Other panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez, and Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray.

Melanie Pickett, from the Exploration Research and Technology Programs directorate, presents her proposal during the “Innovation Without Boundaries” event held in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 2. There were 39 proposals featuring a wide range of innovative ideas as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Presenters had two minutes to highlight their idea, followed by a three-minute question-and-answer period. The judging panel included senior staff, contractors and representatives throughout Kennedy.

Philippe Étienne, French Ambassador to the U.S., center, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the French space agency, National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), right, are seen talking to NASA Chief of Staff Janet Karika at the NASA exhibit during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mike Leinbach, Shuttle launch director, points out a piece of debris to U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (third from right) along with his staff. They are visiting KSC to see the Columbia debris collected in the RLV Hangar. At far left is JoAnn Morgan, KSC's director of External Relations and Business Development. At far right is John Halsema, Chief/Federal & International Liaison, Government Relations Office

NASA Chief of Staff, Susie Perez Quinn, left, speaks with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, right, after she signed the Artemis Accords, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Colombia is the nineteenth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NASA astronaut Don Pettit speaks with Trey Carlson, chief of staff for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, left, John McCullough, deputy associate administrator for integration in NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, and Janet Petro, director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The Flight Operations crew stands before a Republic P-47G Thunderbolt at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. The laboratory’s Flight Research Section was responsible for conducting a variety of research flights. During World War II most of the test flights complemented the efforts in ground-based facilities to improve engine cooling systems or study advanced fuel mixtures. The Republic P–47G was loaned to the laboratory to test NACA modifications to the Wright R–2800 engine’s cooling system at higher altitudes. The laboratory has always maintained a fleet of aircraft so different research projects were often conducted concurrently. The flight research program requires an entire section of personnel to accomplish its work. This staff generally consists of a flight operations group, which includes the section chief, pilots and administrative staff; a flight maintenance group with technicians and mechanics responsible for inspecting aircraft, performing checkouts and installing and removing flight instruments; and a flight research group that integrates the researchers’ experiments into the aircraft. The staff at the time of this March 1944 photograph included 3 pilots, 16 planning and analysis engineers, 36 mechanics and technicians, 10 instrumentation specialists, 6 secretaries and 5 computers.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- -- Lifting their shovels for the groundbreaking of the Operations Support Building II are (left to right) Bill Pickavance, Vice President & Deputy Program Manager Florida Operations, United Space Alliance; Mike Wetmore, director of Shuttle Processing; Miguel Morales, chief, Facilities Division, Spaceport Services; Mike Sumner, chief of operations, Spaceport Services; David Wolfberg, designer of the facility, with Architect and Engineers Wolfberg, Alvarez and Partners of Coral Gables; Roy Bridges, KSC director; and Don Minderman, OSB II project manager, Spaceport Services. Not shown: David Boland, David Boland Inc.(construction company). The new building will replace modular housing constructed more than 20 years ago and house NASA and contractor support staff for shuttle operations. The demolition of the modular buildings has begun and construction will immediately follow. The new structure is projected to be ready in April 2005.

: 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.

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years later. From left to Right, Wizard Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator of NASA, Jack Boyd, Senior Advisor to the Director, Lewis Braxton, III, Deputy Director of Ames Research Center, Klingon S. Pete Worden, Director, Ames Research Center, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deborah Feng, Director, Center Operations.

Chief of staff of the Israeli Defense and Armed Forces Attaché Major Aviram Behar Max, left, salutes the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, as Minister for Public Diplomacy, Embassy of Israel in Washington, Sawsan Hasson, right, NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, back left, and NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron, look on during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (left) talks with staff members of Gainesville Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School in Gainesville, Ga. In the background are Bruce Buckingham (left) , NASA KSC News Chief, and Jim Jennings, deputy associate administrator for Institutions and Asset Management at NASA Headquarters. Jennings shared the new vision for space exploration with this next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

NASA Stennis Director John Bailey, near left, and NASA Stennis Deputy Director Christine Powell, near right, meet with Semaj Redd, operations and legislative assistant for U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly of Mississippi, and Reed Craddock, deputy chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly of Mississippi. The leaders from NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, spoke with congressional representatives and staffers about NASA legislation, current and future work at NASA Stennis, and the growing number of commercial aerospace companies at the NASA Stennis Federal City.

From left to right, Department of Education Chief of Staff Sheila Nix, Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson read letters from students prior to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The NASA and Department of Education MOU is focused on strengthening the collaboration between the two agencies, including efforts that advance STEM education across the nation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – David Radzanowski, NASA chief of staff, spoke during opening ceremonies at the Historically Underutilized Business Zone, or HUBZone, Industry Day and Expo 2012. The event was hosted for business leaders who are interested in learning about government contracting opportunities and what local and national vendors have to offer. The expo was held in Cruise Terminal 4 at Port Canaveral, Fla. The annual trade show is sponsored by Kennedy's Prime Contractor Board, the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing and the Canaveral Port Authority. It featured about 175 large and small businesses and government exhibitors from Brevard County and across the nation. Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett

Ceremony participants prepare to cut the ribbon on the INFINITY at NASA Stennis Space Center facility April 11, 2012. Participating in the ceremony were (l to r): Gulfport Mayor and INFINITY Science Center Inc. Chairman George Schloegel; U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss.; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.; Roy S. Estess granddaughter Lauren McKay; Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant; Leo Seal Jr. grandson Leo Seal IV; Stennis Director Patrick Scheuermann; U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.; NASA Chief of Staff David Radzanowski; and Apollo 13 astronaut and INFINITY Science Center Inc. Vice Chairman Fred Haise.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden finishes his tour of the Launch Equipment Test Facility. Accompanying him are, from left, Bolden's aide Kirk Sander and Center Director Bob Cabana and, at right, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Administrator George Whitesides. Bolden is touring several facilities at Kennedy involved with NASA's Constellation Program. Bolden also was at Kennedy for several events, including the landing of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission and the signing of the joint NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency agreement defining the terms of cooperation between the agencies on the Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, mission. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Judges Josh Santora, left, a program specialist with Kennedy Space Center’s Communication and Public Engagement (PX) directorate, and Hortense Diggs, PX deputy director, take notes during the “Innovation Without Boundaries” event held in the Florida spaceports’ Space Station Processing Facility on Thursday, Aug. 2. There were 39 proposals featuring a wide range of innovative ideas as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Presenters had two minutes to highlight their idea, followed by a three-minute question-and-answer period. The judging panel included senior staff, contractors and representatives throughout Kennedy.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left shows Ambassador of Ukraine, Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, second from left, Ukraine Deputy Minister of Economy, Ihor Fomenko, third from left, Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Mikheiev, right, and Embassy of Ukraine’s Chief of Staff, Denys Sienik, a model in his office before signing a joint statement on civil space cooperation between NASA and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Friday April 21, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, General Paul Selva, vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and Dr. William Happer, deputy assistant to the president, National Security Council, listen as Vice President Mike Pence delivers opening remarks during the National Space Council meeting titled, Moon, Mars, and Worlds Beyond, Winning the Next Frontier, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 at the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council's role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation's long-range goals for space activities.Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left), former payload specialist Dr. Roger Crouch (center) and NASA Chief of Staff and White House liaison Courtney Stadd look at one of Space Shuttle Columbia's tires. The debris is one of more than 35,000 pieces collected so far. More than 1,218 pieces have been identified. The search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Columbia material has passed the halfway mark. To date about 28 percent of Columbia, by weight, has been delivered to the hangar.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left greets Ambassador of Ukraine, Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, right, Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Mikheiev, second from right, Ukraine Deputy Minister of Economy, Ihor Fomenko, not pictured, and Embassy of Ukraine’s Chief of Staff, Denys Sienik, before signing a joint statement on civil space cooperation between NASA and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Friday April 21, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Korean High Level Delegation Visit Ames Certer Director and various Senior staff: Dan Andrews give presentation about LCROSS/LRO to Seorium Lee, Senior Researcher, International Relations Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Soon-Duk Bae, Deputy Director, Big Science Policy Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Science Technology, Young-Mok Hyun, Deputy Director, Space Development Division, Ministry of Educaiton, Science Technology. Also at table are Chris Giulietti, NASA HQ, John Hines, Ames Center Chief Technologist, Unknow person and Terry Pagaduan, Government Relations/Legislative Affairs office.

Ceremony participants prepare to cut the ribbon on the INFINITY at NASA Stennis Space Center facility April 11, 2012. Participating in the ceremony were (l to r): Gulfport Mayor and INFINITY Science Center Inc. Chairman George Schloegel; U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss.; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.; Roy S. Estess granddaughter Lauren McKay; Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant; Leo Seal Jr. grandson Leo Seal IV; Stennis Director Patrick Scheuermann; U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.; NASA Chief of Staff David Radzanowski; and Apollo 13 astronaut and INFINITY Science Center Inc. Vice Chairman Fred Haise.

NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, meet with NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, NASA acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, White House Liaison Darren Bossie, and NASA Chief of Staff Trey Carlson, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee, R-Miss., visited Stennis Space Center on Oct. 5, meeting with leaders and touring facilities to learn about ongoing work at the south Mississippi site. Joining Nunnelee during a stop at the B-1/B-2 Test Stand were: (l to r) Ken Human, Stennis associate director; Randy Galloway, director of the Stennis Engineering and Test Directorate; Ted Maness, chief of staff for Nunnelee; Nunnelee's wife, Toni; Nunnelee; Myron Webb, Stennis legislative affairs officer; Gilbrech; and Meyer Seligman, legislative director for Nunnelee. A Tupelo native, Nunnelee serves Mississipi's 1st Congressional District.

NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, meet with NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, center, NASA acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, White House Liaison Darren Bossie, and NASA Chief of Staff Trey Carlson, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Ceremony participants prepare to cut the ribbon on the INFINITY at NASA Stennis Space Center facility April 11, 2012. Participating in the ceremony were (l to r): Gulfport Mayor and INFINITY Science Center Inc. Chairman George Schloegel; U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss.; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.; Roy S. Estess granddaughter Lauren McKay; Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant; Leo Seal Jr. grandson Leo Seal IV; Stennis Director Patrick Scheuermann; U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.; NASA Chief of Staff David Radzanowski; and Apollo 13 astronaut and INFINITY Science Center Inc. Vice Chairman Fred Haise.

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck stop to look at the bronze statue of the goat mascot for Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) named "Gompei" that is wearing a staff t-shirt for the "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event that was held in tandem with the NASA-WPI Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge on Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Worcester, Mass. The challenge tasked robotic teams to build autonomous robots that can identify, collect and return samples. NASA needs autonomous robotic capability for future planetary exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Chief of Staff David Radzanowski addresses guests at a presentation during which XCOR Aerospace announced plans to open a manufacturing operation in Brevard County. Space Florida President Frank DiBello is seated to the right. The company's suborbital Lynx Mark II spacecraft possibly will take off and land at Kennedy's shuttle landing facility. XCOR Aerospace is a small, privately held California corporation with focus on the research, development, project management and production of reusable launch vehicles, rocket engines and rocket propulsion systems. XCOR will focus on space tourism, experimental flights and launching satellites. Photo credit: NASA/ Frankie Martin

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, examining a piece of debris from Space Shuttle Columbia are former payload specialist Dr. Roger Crouch (left), Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (right, pointing) and NASA Chief of Staff and White House liaison Courtney Stadd (right). The debris is one of more than 35,000 pieces collected so far. More than 1,218 pieces have been identified. The search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Columbia material has passed the halfway mark. To date about 28 percent of Columbia, by weight, has been delivered to the hangar.

NASA John C. Stennis Space Center employees observed Women's History Month on March 17 with a panel discussion that featured accomplished women of the facility. The gathering featured (l to r): Pam Covington, manager of the NASA Office of External Affairs at Stennis; Mary Jones, assistant chief of staff with the Navy Meterology & Oceanography Command; and Lauren Underwood, senior research scientist with Science Systems and Applications, Inc. In addition to the panel discussion, the Stennis Diversity Council and Patriot Technologies also hosted a pair of 'lunch-and-learn' sessions focused on women's issues and history. The luncheons featured videos on Sally Hemings, the slave widely recognized as the mistress of President Thomas Jefferson; and several mothers of U.S. presidents.

Guy Naylor, an associate engineer on the Test and Operations Support Contract (TOSC), presents his proposal to judges during the “Innovation Without Boundaries” event held in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 2. Naylor won first place for individual and team projects in the “innovation ideas with little or no associated costs” category. There were 39 proposals featuring a wide range of innovative ideas as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Presenters had two minutes to highlight their idea, followed by a three-minute question-and-answer period. The judging panel included senior staff, contractors and representatives throughout Kennedy.

Guy Naylor, an associate engineer on the Test and Operations Support Contract (TOSC), presents his proposal to judges during the “Innovation Without Boundaries” event held in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 2. Naylor won first place for individual and team projects in the “innovation ideas with little or no associated costs” category. There were 39 proposals featuring a wide range of innovative ideas as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Presenters had two minutes to highlight their idea, followed by a three-minute question-and-answer period. The judging panel included senior staff, contractors and representatives throughout Kennedy.

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

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

Walter Olson, Chief of the Chemistry and Energy Conversion Division, examines equipment in the new Energy Conversion Laboratory at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. The Energy Conversion Laboratory, built in 1961 and 1962, was a modest one-story brick structure with 30,000 square feet of working space. It was used to study fundamental elements pertaining to the conversion of energy into electrical power. The main application for this was space power, but in the 1970s it would also be applied for terrestrial applications. Olson joined the Lewis staff as a fuels and combustion researcher in 1942 and was among a handful or researchers who authored the new laboratory’s first technical report. The laboratory reorganized after the war and Olson was placed in charge of three sections of researchers in the Combustion Branch. They studied combustion and fuels for turbojets, ramjets, and small rockets. In 1950, Olson was named Chief of the entire Fuels and Combustion Research Division. In 1960 Olson was named Chief of the new Chemistry and Energy Conversion Division. It was in this role that Olson advocated for the construction of the Energy Conversion Laboratory. The new division expanded its focus from just fuels and combustion to new sources of energy and power such as solar cells, fuels cells, heat transfer, and thermionics.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, staff for U.S. Congresswoman Gabielle Giffords brief media after the successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-134 mission. From left are, Pia Carusone Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Office, Mark Kimble Press Advisor, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Office and Ashley Nash-Hahn, New Media Strategist, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Office. Giffords was on hand to watch her husband, STS-135 Commander Mark Kelly and his crew liftoff from Launch Pad 39A on Endeavour's final spaceflight. Endeavour lifted off May 16 at 8:56 a.m. EDT. Endeavour and its crew will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper to the station. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - As members of the STS-105 crew exit the Crew Transfer Vehicle (CTV) following Discovery's landing on KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15, they are greeted by NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. From left are Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Daniel Barry, Pilot Frederick "Rick" Sturckow, and Commander Scott "Doc" Horowitz (shaking hands with Goldin). Looking on are, from left, Kathie Olsen, NASA chief scientist; Joe Rothenberg, associate administrator, Office of Space Flight; and Courtney Stadd, NASA Headquarters chief of staff. Main gear touchdown was at 2:22:58 p.m. EDT; wheel stop, at 2:24:06 p.m. EDT. The 11-day, 21-hour, 12-minute STS-105 mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station: swapout of the resident Station crew; delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments; and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery traveled 4.3 million miles on its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. Out of five missions in 2001, the landing was the first to occur in daylight at KSC.

Sam Ortega, left, manager of the Partnerships Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, moderates an Artemis Program panel featuring, second from left, Renee Weber, Marshall chief scientist; David Beaman, manager of Marshall’s Systems Engineering & Integration Office; and Don Krupp, associate program manager for the Human Landing System Program, during Universities of the Tennessee Valley Corridor activities Feb. 27 at Marshall. Leadership staff from eight universities and 10 junior colleges in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky also heard presentations on Office of STEM Engagement opportunities, partnership opportunities, Marshall’s Technology Transfer Office, the NASA software catalog and Marshall’s Advanced Concepts Office. The group toured several Marshall facilities to learn more about center capabilities.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free stands with leaders from NASA Stennis and the NASA Shared Services Center during a visit on July 16 to the south Mississippi site. Free also met with representatives of commercial companies engaged in onsite propulsion activities. Pictured left to right is Jill Castiglione, NASA Stennis executive assistant; Troy Frisbie, NASA Stennis chief of staff; Nikki Tubbs, NASA Shared Services Center director of support operations; Anita Harrell, NASA Shared Services Center executive director; Free; John Bailey, NASA Stennis director; Rodney McKellip, NASA Stennis associate director; Troy Taylor, NASA Shared Services Center deputy director of service delivery; and Jessie Shiyou, NASA Shared Services Center executive assistant.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon (center) looks over the U.S. Laboratory, called "Destiny," with a group of Boeing workers. Behind (left) the congressman is Dana Gartzke, the congressman's chief of staff. Weldon is on the House Science Committee and vice chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee. Destiny, which will become the centerpiece of scientific research on the ISS, will have five equipment racks aboard to provide essential functions for station systems, including high data-rate communications, and to maintain the station's orientation using control gyroscopes launched earlier. Additional equipment and research racks will be installed in the laboratory on subsequent Shuttle flights. Destiny is scheduled to be launched on Space Shuttle Endeavour in early 2000

jsc2017e009735 (01/26/2017) --- Former NFL players on tour of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) as part of the Centers Super Bowl tailgate event gathered together in front of JSC's Mission Control. The former players toured JSC in the week before the Super Bowl game. Kneeling front left: Kerry Henderson (NY Jets), Joe Wesley (49ers, Jaguars), First standing row, left: Ronald Humphrey (IN Colts), James Williams (Saints, Jag, 49ers, Browns), Emanuel McNeil (NY Jets), Sammy Davis (Chargers, 49ers, Buccaneers), Daryl Gaines (KC Chiefs, Cris Calloway (Giants, Steelers, Falcons, Patriots), Lemanual Stinson (Bears & Falcons). Back row left: Ginger Kerrrick (JSC Staff), Jermaine Fazonde (Chargers), Michael Holmes (49ers), Kevin Williams (Vikings, Seahawks, Saints). NASA PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Deputy Program manager, Space Launch System Program, Chris Cianciola, Boeing Director of operations at Michoud Assembly Facility Jennifer Boland-Masterson, U.S. Representative Randy Weber (R-TX), and Dayne Cutrell, Chief of Staff for Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, background, view the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Through Artemis NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)