NASA Commercial Crew Program employees raise the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. The Crew-12 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
NASA Commercial Crew Program employees raise the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. The Crew-12 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
From left, Steve Sullivan, chief engineer to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program; Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, Commercial Crew Program; and Jackie Sullivan, participate in raising the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. The Crew-12 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
Steve Sullivan, chief engineer to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, raises the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, while Steven Siceloff, NASA Communications, looks on. The Crew-12 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
Steve Sullivan, chief engineer to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, along with his wife Jackie, participate in raising the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. The Crew-12 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
From left, Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Steve Sullivan, chief engineer to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Jackie Sullivan; and Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, participate in raising the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. The Crew-12 mission will send NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:38 a.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Artemis Mission Development Manager Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Integration Manager Sheela Logan, and Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Tom Whitmeyer raise Artemis flags Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Juneteenth flag is seen waving in the wind during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Juneteenth flag is seen waving in the wind during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Juneteenth flag is seen waving in the wind during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs Glenn Delgado delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs Glenn Delgado delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Members of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Employee Resource Group at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pose for photo in front of the raised Progress Pride Flag at a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the center.
Members of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Employee Resource Group at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, raise the Progress Pride Flag at a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the center.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, poses for a photo with Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs Glenn Delgado, right, during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business Programs Glenn Delgado greets NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Exploration Ground Systems Manager Mike Bolger (left) and Artemis I Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson (right) raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14, 2022. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft can be seen in the background at Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B. The uncrewed Artemis I flight will be the first integrated test of the agency’s SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Nov. 16. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by launching Orion atop the SLS rocket, operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown. During the flight, Orion will launch atop the world’s most powerful rocket and fly farther than any human-rated spacecraft has ever flown, paving the way for human deep space exploration and demonstrating our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond.
Artemis I Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson (left) and Exploration Ground Systems Manager Mike Bolger (right) raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14, 2022. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft can be seen in the background at Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B. The uncrewed Artemis I flight will be the first integrated test of the agency’s SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Nov. 16. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by launching Orion atop the SLS rocket, operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown. During the flight, Orion will launch atop the world’s most powerful rocket and fly farther than any human-rated spacecraft has ever flown, paving the way for human deep space exploration and demonstrating our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond.
The flags of the United States, Russia, Spain and Kazakhstan fly outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan following a traditional flag-raising ceremony. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Brad Flick, center director at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, delivers remarks during a Progress Pride Flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the center.
Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, right, is joined by his backup, Bill McArthur outside the Cosmonaut Hotel Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, for the traditional raising of the flags of the crewmembers who will launch Saturday, Oct. 18 on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station in Baikonur, Kazahstan. European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque, far left, and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri who will launch with Foale, raise the flags of Spain and Russia outside their hotel. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center.
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center.
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna)
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna)
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center.
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center.
Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale, left, and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain participate in the traditional raising of the flags at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cynthia Bixby and Lydia Hantsche hold the Progress Pride Flag at a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
From left to right, Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems, raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
From left to right, Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems, prepare to raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
From left to right, Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems, raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
From left to right, Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems, prepare to raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
From left to right, Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems, prepare to raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
From left to right, Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems, raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
From left to right, Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems; and Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems, prepare to raise the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 22, 2024. The flag raising marks the arrival of NASA’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage via the agency’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center. Pictured here are Co-Chairs of the Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group Jessica Reinert and Matthew Huffman.
NASA Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group hosted an in-person and livestreamed Pride flag raising ceremony at the building 3 flagpole on June 3, 2024. The event included remarks from Deputy Director Dawn Schaible and NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers. Flag raising events such as this are times for LGBTQ+ employees and their allies to come together to celebrate the progress made in the quest for safety, tolerance, acceptance, rights, happiness, and freedom for the LGBTQ+ community on- and off-site of the center. Pictured here is NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers, Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group Co-Chairs Matthew Huffman and Jessica Reinert and John Wolter.
The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The Artemis flag was raised with the American flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Artemis II test flight mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.
Expedition 43 prime and backup crew members: Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, left, Gennady Padalka, of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly, and Jeff Williams, andRussian Cosmonauts, Alexei Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos participate in the traditional flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Monday, March 16, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003 in a traditional ceremony as preparations continue for the Oct. 18 launch of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 prime and backup crew members: Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, left, Gennady Padalka, of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly, and Jeff Williams, andRussian Cosmonauts, Alexei Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos participate in the traditional flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Monday, March 16, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 43 prime crew: NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), along with their backup crew: Jeff Williams of NASA, Russian Cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos attend a traditional flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Monday, March 16, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur, left, and prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale raise the American flag outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, in a traditional ceremony in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as preparations continue for the launch Saturday, Oct. 18 of the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to carry Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
On Jan. 26, 2022, the U.S. and NASA flags were raised at Building 4221 to mark the transfer of headquarters to that building at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The doors to Building 4221, a new, environmentally friendly building, opened on Earth Day, April 22, 2019. Building 4200 served as Marshall’s original headquarters since 1963. Marshall center operations lowered flags at that building on Jan. 21, 2022.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 flag is raised, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-8 mission will send NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 11:16 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 2.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 flag is raised, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-8 mission will send NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 11:16 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 2.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 flag is raised, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-8 mission will send NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 11:16 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 2.
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy participates in a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Public Affairs Specialist Tyrone McCoy delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Public Affairs Specialist Tyrone McCoy delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy participates in a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy participates in a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy participates in a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy delivers remarks during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
The SpaceX Crew-3 flag is raised below the American flag near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch no earlier than Nov. 6, at 11:36 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The SpaceX Crew-3 flag is raised below the American flag near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch no earlier than Nov. 6, at 11:36 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Against the backdrop of a clear blue sky, the SpaceX Crew-3 flag is raised below the American flag near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch no earlier than Nov. 6, at 11:36 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The prime and backup crews for the Oct. 18 launch of a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony outside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are backup Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Valery Tokarev, backup European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, prime European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, prime Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, prime Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Foale and backup Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, left, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, Flight Engineer John Phillips, third from left, along with their backups, Russian Commander Mikhail Tyurin, American Dan Tani and Robert Thirsk, of Canada, far right, participate in the traditional raising of their countries’ flags outside their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 11, 2005, during preparations for the April 15 launch on a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, left, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, Flight Engineer John Phillips, third from left, along with their backups, Russian Commander Mikhail Tyurin, American Dan Tani and Robert Thirsk, of Canada, far right, participate in the traditional raising of their countries’ flags outside their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 11, 2005, during preparations for the April 15 launch on a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 prime crew: from left, NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), along with their backup crew: Jeff Williams of NASA, Russian Cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos attend a traditional flag raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Monday, March 16, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, left, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, Flight Engineer John Phillips, third from left, along with their backups, Russian Commander Mikhail Tyurin, American Dan Tani and Robert Thirsk, of Canada, far right, participate in the traditional raising of their countries’ flags outside their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 11, 2005, during preparations for the April 15 launch on a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) employees are photographed in front of Kennedy Space Center’s iconic countdown clock at the Press Site after the Crew-5 flag was raised on Oct. 3, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission will carry NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Aunapu Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of the agency’s CCP. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft are scheduled to lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A at noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022.
NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) employees are photographed in front of Kennedy Space Center’s iconic countdown clock at the Press Site after the Crew-5 flag was raised on Oct. 3, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission will carry NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Aunapu Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of the agency’s CCP. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft are scheduled to lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A at noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022.
The News Center countdown clock is shown as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Dave Hudson, Commercial Crew Program flight operations integrator, and Asia Quince, former Commercial Crew Program spacecraft avionics, software, pyros system lead, raise the SpaceX Crew-8 flag, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-8 mission will send NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 11:16 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 2.
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis II launch director raises the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Artemis II test flight mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.
Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program raises the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Artemis II test flight mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.
Cliff Lanham, deputy manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program raises the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Artemis II test flight mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.
NASA Commercial Crew Program employees are photographed in front of the iconic countdown clock near the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Crew-8 flag raised in the background on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, to the International Space Station with liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1.