NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, joined by NASA Leadership, signs a Gateway implementing agreement during a virtual meeting hosted by Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Keiko Nagaoka Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator meets with Japanese MEXT Minister for a Gatew

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, joined by NASA Leadership, attends a virtual meeting hosted by Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Keiko Nagaoka following the signing of a Gateway implementing agreement Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator meets with Japanese MEXT Minister for a Gatew

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, joined by NASA Leadership, poses for photos following the signing of a Gateway implementing agreement during a virtual meeting hosted by Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Keiko Nagaoka Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator meets with Japanese MEXT Minister for a Gatew

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, joined by NASA Leadership, delivers opening remarks during a virtual meeting hosted by Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Keiko Nagaoka prior to signing a Gateway implementing agreement Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator meets with Japanese MEXT Minister for a Gatew

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, joined by NASA Leadership, view a video message from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide during a virtual meeting hosted by Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Keiko Nagaoka following the signing of a Gateway implementing agreement Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Gateway Support Security Officer Jeff Ellison signs in a worker at the Nacogdoches site. In the background, NASA site lead Ronnie Lawson (left) speaks with his United Space Alliance counterpart George Odom. Kennedy Space Center workers are participating in the Columbia Recovery efforts at the Lufkin (Texas) Command Center, four field sites in East Texas, and the Barksdale, La., hangar site. KSC is working with representatives from other NASA Centers and with those from a number of federal, state and local agencies in the recovery effort. KSC provides vehicle technical expertise in the field to identify, collect and return Shuttle hardware to KSC.