Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy poses for his portrait, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center right, speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and his family view a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a tour of Lockheed Martin’s Orion Facility, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, left, views the Orion spacecraft hardware during a tour of Lockheed Martin’s Orion Facility, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, left, speaks with Orion Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations Director at Lockheed Martin, Nathan Varn, during a tour of Lockheed Martin’s Orion Facility, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy meets with NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center Acting Director, Kelvin Manning, and other members of the leadership team, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with Orion Program Manager, Howard Hu during a tour of Lockheed Martin’s Orion Facility, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

SpaceX Vice President for Launch, Kiko Dontchev, provides remarks during a tour of Hangar X with Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his family, and NASA leadership, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

STS072-331-016 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- On the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s middeck, astronaut Brian Duffy, mission commander, shaves. Duffy was joined on the week and a half long mission by four United States astronauts and a mission specialist representing Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA).

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy views the Space Launch System during a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with Artemis II NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

S85-41886 (October 1995) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, Astronaut Candidate Group 11

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA Exploration Ground Systems Manager, Shawn Quinn, during a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, provides remarks at a briefing as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, prepare for launch from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, July 31, 2025. The launch was scrubbed due to weather and is now scheduled for 11:43 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, provides remarks at a briefing as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, prepare for launch from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, July 31, 2025. The launch was scrubbed due to weather and is now scheduled for 11:43 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, provides remarks at a briefing as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, prepared for launch from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, July 31, 2025. The launch was scrubbed due to weather and is now scheduled for 11:43 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 1. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, speaks with Artemis II astronauts, from right to left, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch (not pictured), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

STS072-312-026 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Astronauts Brian Duffy (left) and Brent W. Jett Jr. check the latest batch of mail uplinked to the Space Shuttle Endeavour from ground controllers in Houston, Texas. Duffy and Jett served as mission commander and pilot, respectively, for the week and a half mission.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, right, meets with Artemis II astronauts, from right to left, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, right, meets with Artemis II astronauts, from right to left, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, meets with Artemis II astronauts, from right to left, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, , and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, right, meets with Artemis II astronauts, from right to left, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

STS072-306-004 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Astronauts Brian Duffy (left), mission commander, and Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, team up to prepare a meal on the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s middeck. Duffy is also talking to ground controllers during a television tour of the spacecraft. A locker drawer, complete with pre-packaged food is in the foreground, while various smaller packets of food items are attached to nearby locker doors. Orient photo with socked feet at bottom.

Associate Administrator for NASA's Mission Support Directorate David Mitchell speaks with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Associate Administrator for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Robert Pearce speaks with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Associate Administrator for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate Clayton Turner speaks with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Associate Administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate Kenneth Bowersox speaks with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Mark Clampin speaks with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Lori Glaze speaks with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy delivers remarks during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy delivers remarks during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy delivers remarks during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

STS072-301-035 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy mans the commander's station aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour during rendezvous operations with the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission commander was joined aboard Endeavour by five other astronauts for a week a half in Earth-orbit.

STS057-40-028 (21 June-1 July 1993) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, pilot, talks to amateur radio operators on Earth from the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. The space to Earth communications was part of the Shuttle amateur radio experiment (SAREX), which has been included on a number of Space Shuttle missions. Duffy, a licensed amateur radio operator using call letters N5WQW, was among crewmembers talking to students at various points on the ground.

STS057-32-017 (24 June 1993) --- Near the airlock hatch on Endeavour's middeck, astronaut Brian Duffy, pilot, checks out some of the equipment to be used on the June 25 extravehicular activity (EVA) of two crewmates. Less than 24 hours later, Duffy and three other NASA astronauts remained inside Endeavour's cabin while astronauts G. David Low and Peter J. K. (Jeff) Wisoff, began a lengthy, variegated session of EVA.

Pictured in the STS-57 crew portrait (front left to right) are Brian Duffy, pilot; and Ronald J. Grabe, commander. On the back row (left to right) are Peter J. Wisoff, Nancy J. Sherlock, and Janice E. Voss, all mission specialists; and G. David Low, payload commander. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on June 21, 1993 at 9:07:00 am (EDT), the STS-57 mission marked the first flight of the commercially developed SPACEHAB pressurized laboratory.

STS045-19-032 (24 March-2 April 1992) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, STS-45 pilot, uses an inflatable globe to demonstrate Earth observations for an educational program to be distributed to classrooms following the mission.

Six astronauts composed the crew for the STS-72 mission that launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on January 11, 1996. Astronauts Brian Duffy (right front) and Brent W. Jett (left front) are mission commander and pilot, respectively. Mission specialists (back row, left to right) are Winston E. Scott, Leroy Chiao, Koichi Wakata, and Daniel T. Barry. Wakata is an international mission specialist representing Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) based at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Mission objectives included the retrieval of the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU), and the deployment of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology-Flyer (OAST-Flyer).

STS045-02-020 (24 March-2 April 1992) --- Brian Duffy, STS-45 pilot, struggles with a large volume of data printouts from the teleprinter system. He is seated at the commander's station on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Atlantis during the nine-day mission. This frame was taken with a 35mm camera.

Students from 23 states display their rockets and talk about what they did to make them fly at the NASA Student Launch Rocket Fair on Friday, April 6. Over 800 students traveled to Huntsville, Alabama, to participate in a week of activities as part of NASA Student Launch. Retired Astronaut Brian Duffy speaks with local media.

STS057-30-021 (21 June-1 July 1993) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, pilot, handles a soldering tool onboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. The Soldering Experiment (SE) called for a crew member to solder on a printed circuit board containing 45 connection points, then de-solder 35 points on a similar board. The SE was part of a larger project called the Tools and Diagnostic Systems (TDS), sponsored by the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at Johnson Space Center (JSC). TDS represents a group of equipment selected from the tools and diagnostic hardware to be supported by the International Space Station program. TDS was designed to demonstrate the maintenance of experiment hardware on-orbit and to evaluate the adequacy of its design and the crew interface. Duffy and five other NASA astronauts spent almost ten days aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in Earth-orbit supporting the SpaceHab mission, retrieving the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and conducting various experiments.

L to R: STS-98 Mission Specialist Thomas Jones, Pilot Mark Polansky, and Commander Kenneth Cockrell greet STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy, Dryden Center Director Kevin Petersen, and AFFTC Commander Major General Richard Reynolds after landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is located.

These seven astronauts composed the crew for the STS-92 mission. In front are astronauts Pamela A. Melroy, pilot; and Brian Duffy, mission commander. In the rear, from the left, are astronauts Leroy Chiao, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, William S. McArthur, Jr., Peter J.K. (Jeff) Wisoff, and Koichi Wakata, all mission specialists. Wakata represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on October 11, 2000, the 100th shuttle flight was the second to deliver hardware to the International Space Station (ISS). During Four space walks, the crew installed the Z1 truss and the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA) 3.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reacts as he watches the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splash down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, and NASA acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, watch as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, left, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, right, react as they watch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splash down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, right, watch as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, left, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, right, watch as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Don Pettit, and Nick Hague, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit pose for a picture with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, after presenting a montage from their mission, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Don Pettit, and Nick Hague, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Don Pettit and Suni Williams, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Don Pettit, and Nick Hague, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Don Pettit, and Nick Hague, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - (From left) Brian Duffy, Lockheed Martin vice president/associate program manager, Mildred Carter and Col. (Ret.) Herbert E. Carter, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, attend a dinner sponsored by the KSC Spaceflight and Life Sciences Office. Col. Carter was a guest speaker at the dinner.

From left to right, Acting Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, Steve Koerner, Acting NASA Associate Administrator, Vanessa Wyche, wife of Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Sean Duffy, Acting Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development, Lori Glaze, Acting Director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, Acting Deputy Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, Norm Knight, and director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Joseph Pelfrey pose for a photo at the door to the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building after NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, departed for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, left, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and acting Kennedy Space Center Director Kelvin Manning, wave as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are scheduled to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

From right to left, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, react as NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From right to left, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, watch as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From right to left, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, wave as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, second from left, and his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, left, react as NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From right to left, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, wave as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From right to left, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, wave as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

During pre-pack and fit check on his launch and entry suit, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy adjusts his helmet. Duffy and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The TCDT provides emergency egress training, simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payload. This mission will be Duffy’s fourth Shuttle flight. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

During pre-pack and fit check on his launch and entry suit, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy adjusts his helmet. Duffy and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The TCDT provides emergency egress training, simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payload. This mission will be Duffy’s fourth Shuttle flight. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

The seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle mission STS-92 gathered in front of the Shuttle Discovery shortly after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California October 24, 2000. From left are mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy.

JSC2000-E-27051 (27 October 2000) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, STS-92 commander, addresses crowd at Ellington Field during crew return ceremonies.

S95-12716 (May 1995) --- Astronauts Brian Duffy, in commander's seat, and Winston E. Scott discuss their scheduled flight aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The two are on the flight deck of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) fixed base Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS). Duffy, mission commander, and Scott, mission specialist, will be joined for the winter flight by three other NASA astronauts and an international mission specialist representing NASDA.

STS057-34-029 (21 June-1 July 1993) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Sherlock works on the Electronic Procedures Portion (EPROC) of the Human Factors Assessment (HFA) experiment. Astronaut Brian Duffy works nearby. The computer portion of HFA-EPROC simulated a space station propulsion system task. Sherlock, Duffy and four other astronauts spent almost ten days aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-57 mission.

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, left, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate Ken Bowersox, and NASA Director of the International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Spaceflight Division, Robyn Gatens, react as they watch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splash down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, left, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate Ken Bowersox, right, watch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splash down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, Suni Williams third from left, Don Pettit, third from right, and Nick Hague pose for a picture with acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, second from left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

During pre-pack and fit check, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy tests his launch and entry suit for comfort and ease while sitting. This mission will be Duffy’s fourth Shuttle flight. He and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The TCDT provides emergency egress training, simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payload. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

During pre-pack and fit check, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy tests his launch and entry suit for comfort and ease while sitting. This mission will be Duffy’s fourth Shuttle flight. He and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The TCDT provides emergency egress training, simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payload. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

The seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle mission STS-92 gathered in front of the Shuttle Discovery shortly after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California October 24, 2000. They are seen here with NASA Dryden Fight Research Center Director Kevin Petersen and Deputy Director Wallace Sawyer. From left are mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy. Between Jeff Wisoff and Brian McArthur are Kevin Petersen and Wally Sawyer, wearing ordinary civilian clothing.

Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, Don Pettit, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, are seen as acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy delivers remarks during NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A during a question and answer session with the media, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy talks about the mission. Duffy and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that provide emergency egress training, opportunities to inspect the mission payload, and a simulated countdown. The slidewire basket area is a landing site for the crew if they have to use the slidewire baskets to exit the orbiter on the pad in an emergency. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

Gathered on the parking apron at the Shuttle Landing Facility after their arrival is the STS-92 crew. Commander Brian Duffy waves to the media (out of view) before heading to the bus for the short trip to crew quarters at the Operations and Checkout Building. Standing behind Duffy are (left to right) Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, William S. McArthur Jr., Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and Koichi Wakata of Japan. The mission is the fifth flight for the construction of the International Space Station. The payload includes the Integrated Truss Structure Z-1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. During the 11-day mission, four extravehicular activities (EVAs), or space walks, are planned

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A during a question and answer session with the media, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy talks about the mission. Duffy and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that provide emergency egress training, opportunities to inspect the mission payload, and a simulated countdown. The slidewire basket area is a landing site for the crew if they have to use the slidewire baskets to exit the orbiter on the pad in an emergency. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao waves while waiting for suit check in the White Room. Behind him is Commander Brian Duffy. The White Room is an environmentally controlled area at the end of the Orbiter Access Arm that provides entry to the orbiter as well as emergency egress if needed. The arm remains in the extended position until 7 minutes 24 seconds before launch. Chiao, Duffy and the rest of the crew are undertaking the fifth flight to the International Space Station for construction. Discovery carries a payload that includes the Integrated Truss Structure Z-1, first of 10 trusses that will form the backbone of the Space Station, and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter that will provide a Shuttle docking port for solar array installation on the sixth Station flight and Lab installation on the seventh Station flight. The mission includes four spacewalks for the construction activities. Discovery’s landing is expected Oct. 22 at 2:10 p.m. EDT

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A during a question and answer session with the media, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy talks about the mission. Duffy and the rest of the crew are at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that provide emergency egress training, opportunities to inspect the mission payload, and a simulated countdown. The slidewire basket area is a landing site for the crew if they have to use the slidewire baskets to exit the orbiter on the pad in an emergency. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program