U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, speaks to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington. The DOE and NASA signed a memorandum of understanding to support the research and development of a fission surface power system for use on the Moon and future NASA missions to Mars. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- United Space Alliance workers, Tim Wright, left, and Chris Keeling, manufacture the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule. The work to manufacture and inspect the tiles is taking place in the Thermal Protection System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. EFT-1 will be used during Orion's first test flight in space. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: Frankie Martin