
Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., right, and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., are seen as they watch the beginning of the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., takes a video of a screen showing NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir as they venture outside the International Space Station beginning the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, in the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, center, speaks with Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., left, and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., as they watch the beginning of the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The first all-woman spacewalk in history began at 7:38am EDT with NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir venturing outside the International Space Station to replace a failed battery charge-discharge unit. This is the fourth spacewalk for Koch and Meir’s first. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Grace Meng, D-N.Y., speaks with NASA astronauts Victor Glover, pilot, left; Reid Wiseman, commander, second form left; Christina Koch, mission specialist, center; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, second from right; and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman as they meet with members of the committee, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot testifies during a House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2018 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)