House Appropriations chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., questions NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a House appropriations hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., delivers an opening statement before NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcomittee, during a hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget request, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (R-KY) provides remarks at a Moon tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the United States Capitol in Washington. The American Sweetgum tree planted on the southwestern side of the Capitol, was grown from a seed that was flown around the Moon during the Artemis I mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander, second from right; Victor Glover, pilot, center; Christina Koch, mission specialist, second from left; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, left; speak with Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., during a meeting with members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 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)

From left to right, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Artemis II crew members, NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (R-KY), Artemis II crew members NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, U.S. Rep. Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III (D-MD), NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Minister, Congressional, Public, and Intergovernmental Affairs, Embassy of Canada, Carrie Goodge O'Brien, pose for a photo after a Moon tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the United States Capitol in Washington. The American Sweetgum tree planted on the southwestern side of the Capitol, was grown from a seed that was flown around the Moon during the Artemis I mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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)