Acting NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie opens a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie moderates an event where an historic agreement is to be signed between the United States and Japan to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Under the agreement, Japan will design, develop, and operate a pressurized rover for crewed and uncrewed exploration on the Moon. NASA will provide the launch and delivery of the rover to the Moon as well as two Japanese astronaut missions to the lunar surface. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Press Secretary, Faith McKie, moderates the annual State of NASA address, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. NASA leaders discussed plans for promoting U.S. leadership in space exploration, improving life on Earth through science and innovation, humanity’s return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign, aeronautics, and more. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Faith McKie, acting NASA Press Secretary, open a briefing in advance of Earth Day to share updates on NASA’s climate science, Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Karen St. Germain, division director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and Tom Wagner, associate director for Earth Action in the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, discussed early data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and announced new airborne science missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Press Secretary to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Faith McKie, introduces the panelists during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming solar eclipse, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. A total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada on April 8, 2024. A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Faith McKie, acting NASA Press Secretary, left, asks a question a briefing in advance of Earth Day to share updates on NASA’s climate science, Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Karen St. Germain, division director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and Tom Wagner, associate director for Earth Action in the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, discussed early data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and announced new airborne science missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Tom Wagner, right, speaks during a briefing in advance of Earth Day to share updates on NASA’s climate science alongside Faith McKie, acting NASA Press Secretary, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, and Karen St. Germain, division director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, second from right, Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, St. Germain, and Wagner discussed early data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and announced new airborne science missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Press Secretary Faith McKie delivers remarks during an event with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation’s cancer death rate by at least 50% in the next 25 years, a goal of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Press Secretary, Faith McKie, left, moderates the annual State of NASA address, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. NASA leaders discussed plans for promoting U.S. leadership in space exploration, improving life on Earth through science and innovation, humanity’s return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign, aeronautics, and more. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Faith McKie, acting NASA Press Secretary, left, takes a selfie for the agency’s Global Selfie campaign with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, Karen St. Germain, division director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, second from right, and Tom Wagner, associate director for Earth Action in the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, right, at the conclusion of a briefing in advance of Earth Day to share updates on NASA’s climate science, Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. discussed early data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and announced new airborne science missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, speaks during a briefing in advance of Earth Day to share updates on NASA’s climate science alongside Faith McKie, acting NASA Press Secretary, left, Karen St. Germain, division director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, second from right, and Tom Wagner, associate director for Earth Action in the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, right, Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, St. Germain, and Wagner discussed early data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and announced new airborne science missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Faith McKie, acting NASA Press Secretary, left, asks a question a briefing in advance of Earth Day to share updates on NASA’s climate science, Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, Karen St. Germain, division director of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, second from right, and Tom Wagner, associate director for Earth Action in the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, right, discussed early data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and announced new airborne science missions. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Officials from NASA participate in the NASA Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. From left to right are NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free.

NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie participates in the agency’s Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy and will carry NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the orbiting laboratory for a stay of about six months as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Officials from NASA participate in the NASA Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. From left to right are NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, International Space Station Program Manager Joel Montalbano, and Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich.

Officials from NASA participate in the NASA Administrator Media Briefing inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. From left to right are NASA Press Secretary Faith McKie, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, International Space Station Program Manager Joel Montalbano, and Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming solar eclipse, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. A total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada on April 8, 2024. A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)