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 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 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 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)
Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is seen on a television monitor 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. NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore, also in attendance, served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, right, 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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, speak with Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra, right, 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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, right, 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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, right, 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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, right, speak with Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador 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, left, speaks with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails during a panel discussion, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador of India in Washington. Williams, and fellow NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jeff Shockey, executive vice president for Government Operations, Global Public Policy and Corporate Strategy at Boeing, delivers opening remarks during a visit by NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to speak with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Jeff Shockey, executive vice president for Government Operations, Global Public Policy and Corporate Strategy at Boeing, delivers opening remarks during a visit by NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to speak with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore speaks with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, speaks with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during an event with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Butch Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. 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)
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)
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 Butch Wilmore signs a montage for acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Wilmore and fellow NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Don Pettit, and Nick Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, along with Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla via remote, participate in a panel discussion moderated by NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, 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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, along with Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla via remote, participate in a panel discussion moderated by NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, 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 astronauts, Butch Wilmore, left, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, along with Axiom Mission 4 astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla via remote, participate in a panel discussion moderated by NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, 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 astronauts Suni Williams, center, and Butch Wilmore, left, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, and Butch Wilmore, left, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, Butch Wilmore, left, and Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, listen to a question as they speak with employees of Boeing, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams, center, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, center, and Butch Wilmore, left, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams, center, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve Parker, executive vice president, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at the company’s headquarters in Arlington, Va. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and were integrated into Expedition 71/72 following the uncrewed return of Starliner. The pair returned to Earth with NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 astronauts. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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)
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 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 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)
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 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)
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 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 astronauts Don Pettit, left, and Nick Hague, right, pose for a photo with NASA Range Operations Contract Engineer Manager at Wallops Flight Facility, Joseph Jimmerson, at his Silver Snoopy award presentation event, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and 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)
Cynthia Simmons, acting center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, congratulates NASA Range Operations Contract Engineer Manager at Wallops Flight Facility, Joseph Jimmerson, on his selection for the Silver Snoopy award, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Expedition 72 crew members, NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague presented the Silver Snoopy to Jimmerson. 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)
Cynthia Simmons, acting center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center introduces NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague during a Silver Snoopy award event, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and Hague 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 event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Sachin Thackeray, NASA Research Assistant Specialist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, asks a question during a Silver Snoopy award presentation event where NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague spoke about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, 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 astronaut Don Pettit speaks to Cynthia Simmons, acting center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, 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 with NASA Range Operations Contract Engineer Manager at Wallops Flight Facility, Joseph Jimmerson, before a Silver Snoopy award event, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and 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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Dr. Noah Petro, NASA Artemis III Project Scientist and Lab Chief for the Planetary Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Laboratory provides remarks during a Silver Snoopy award event, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague spoke about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Cynthia Simmons, acting center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center introduces NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague during a Silver Snoopy award event, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague pose for a photo with an audience member after a Silver Snoopy award presentation event, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit presents NASA Range Operations Contract Engineer Manager at Wallops Flight Facility, Joseph Jimmerson, with a Silver Snoopy pin, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Don Pettit give NASA Range Operations Contract Engineer Manager at Wallops Flight Facility, Joseph Jimmerson, stickers and pins from their mission before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Space Flight Awareness Backup Lead for Goddard Space Flight Center, Amelia Haymes, provides remarks after NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague presented NASA Range Operations Contract Engineer Manager at Wallops Flight Facility, Joseph Jimmerson, with a Silver Snoopy award, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit and Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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)