
NASA astronaut Don Pettit speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks about her time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, right, speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks about her time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks about her time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks about her time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Williams, Wilmore, Hague, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Williams, Wilmore, Hague, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Williams, Wilmore, Hague, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Williams, Wilmore, Hague, and Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks about her time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra gives remarks during an event featuring Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Butch WIlmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, and Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador in Washington. Williams, Hague and Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Earth Science Division Director Karen St. Germain gives remarks during an event featuring Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Butch WIlmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, and Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador of India in Washington. Williams, Hague and Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Earth Science Division Director Karen St. Germain gives remarks during an event featuring Expedition 72 NASA astronauts Butch WIlmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, and Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador of India in Washington. Williams, Hague and Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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)

Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, provides opening remarks for an employee engagement event featuring the crew of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Manager, Strategic Integration and Management Division, Space Operations Mission Directorate, Isidro Reyna, introduces the Expedition 72 crew, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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)

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 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, smiles, as he and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy have an Earth-to-space call with astronauts aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson and Melroy spoke with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket is seen in this 90-second exposure photograph as it launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague signs autographs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague gives remarks, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, speak with Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador in Washington. Williams, Hague and Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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 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)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague signs a certificate and letter before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Don Pettit speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague listen to a question about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague signs a certificate and letter before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit signs a certificate and letter before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague speak about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, Don Pettit, and Suni Williams, right, aboard the International Space Station, are seen on a television monitor as they speak with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy during a Earth-to-space call, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A young spectator watches a U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet fly, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague talks with members of the Civil Air Patrol, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, left, talks with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, left, talks with Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Warbird Thunder SNJ planes perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches a U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet fly, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Warbird Thunder SNJ planes perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

5-year old Vivian Simms, and her father Ryan Simms, meet with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches a U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet fly, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The B-25J “Panchito” plane performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Pilots taxi past spectators in their U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as the United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, perform during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as the United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, perform during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Warbird Thunder SNJ planes perform in the background as NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore speaks with Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador in Washington. Wilmore, along with NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams gives remarks during a panel discussion moderated by NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador of India in Washington. Williams, along with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague gives remarks during a panel discussion moderated by NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador of India in Washington. Hague, along with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)