
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine, right, speaks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, and Dave Pierce, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, in a viewing area overlooking the Range Control Center ahead of the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 16th resupply mission to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Christine McEntee, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, second from left; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, third from left; Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, fourth from left; and Dennis Andrucyk, deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, right, pose for a photo with winners of the AGU Data Visualization Storytelling Competition at the annual AGU meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Giovanni Rosanova, chief of the Sounding Rocket Program Office at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, center, describes work done in the Payload Integration Laboratory of the Sounding Rockets Machine Shop, Test and Evaluation Facility during a tour with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Dave Pierce, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, and Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, are seen during a tour of the Sounding Rockets Machine Shop, Test and Evaluation Facility, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson second from left, Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, center, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from right, and Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, right, hold a recovered portion of the Black Brant IX sounding rocket used for the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE), during a tour of the Sounding Rockets Machine Shop, Test and Evaluation Facility, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Goddard Space Flight Center Director Dennis Andrucyk delivers remarks ahead of the release of the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), are a demonstration of the power of Webb as the telescope begins its science mission to unfold the infrared universe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Taylor Mickal)

Debbie Fairbrother, chief of the Balloon Program Office at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, center, speaks with Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, Dave Pierce, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center during a tour the Small Satellites, Balloon Research and Development Lab, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Debbie Fairbrother, chief of the Balloon Program Office at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, center, speaks with Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, Dave Pierce, director of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center during a tour the Small Satellites, Balloon Research and Development Lab, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)