Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States, provides opening remarks during a panel discussion with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Marko Novak, advisor of management board Dewesoft Slovenia, and Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States, provides opening remarks during a panel discussion with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Marko Novak, advisor of management board Dewesoft Slovenia, and Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

On behalf of the Expedition 72 crew NASA astronaut Suni Williams presents Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States to the United States, with a montage including flags of the United States and Slovenia that have been flown in space before participating in a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Williams, Don Pettit, Nick Hague, and Butch Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit pose for a picture with Iztok Mirošič , Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States, center, prior to a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Don Pettit, left, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, speak with Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States, center, prior to a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Nick Hague, left, Don Pettit, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore speak with Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States, center, prior to a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States, provides closing remarks during a panel discussion with Marko Novak, advisor of management board Dewesoft Slovenia, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, and Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit takes a selfie with an attendee following a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Pettit, and fellow NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams signs an Expedition 72 sticker following a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Williams, and fellow NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia alongside fellow NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Lee Echerd,, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia alongside fellow NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Lee Echerd,, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia alongside NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague, Lee Echerd,, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks with an attendee following a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague and fellow NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Meghan Allen, senior vice president for strategic engagements at Space Foundation, moderates a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Marko Novak, advisor of management board Dewesoft Slovenia, and Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, right, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia with Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, left, and NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia alongside fellow NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Lee Echerd,, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Don Pettit, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, and Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, answers a question during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia with fellow NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Lee Echerd,, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, second from right, answers a question alongside fellow NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore during a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia along with Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, Lee Echerd,, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, and Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Meghan Allen, senior vice president for strategic engagements at Space Foundation, left, moderates a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia with Marko Novak, advisor of management board at Dewesoft Slovenia, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Don Pettit, and Butch Wilmore, Robyn Gatens, director of International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Space Flight Division of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, and Lee Echerd, senior mission manager and commercial crew program lead at SpaceX, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague, Wilmore, Williams, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)