Child in Astronaut suit

A child poses in an astronaut cutout suit during Bring Kids to Work Day on June 17, 2025, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The event offered children and their families an up-close look at the center’s research aircraft and engaged them in educational activities promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, standing, reunites with his wife, Kathryn, and their 18-month-old son, John, in the astronaut suit-up room in the Operations and Checkout Building. Kathryn Linenger is expecting their second child next month. Linenger just returned to Earth after a four-month stay on the Russian Space Station Mir. He flew back on Atlantis with six other members of the STS-84 crew, who conducted the sixth Space Shuttle docking with the Mir. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale replaced Linenger on the Mir

On June 17, 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, hosted Bring Kids to Work Day, offering hands-on activities that introduced children and their families to the exciting world of aeronautics and flight research.