NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, is seen with Representative Robert Aderholt, R-AL, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee prior to a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, left, and Andrew Hunter, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Strategy, Budget, and Performance, right, are seen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, is seen with Representative José Serrano, D-NY, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee prior to a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2020 funding request and budget justification for the agency, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE STAFFER MICHELLE BURKETT & MARY D KERWIN, DEPUTY AA FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AT NASA HQ: ON TOUR W/ MEYYA MEYYAPPAN, FFC W/ K CHRISTENSEN, ATC LAB W/H ERZBERGER

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE STAFFER MICHELLE BURKETT & MARY D KERWIN, DEPUTY AA FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AT NASA HQ: ON TOUR W/ MEYYA MEYYAPPAN, FFC W/ K CHRISTENSEN, ATC LAB W/H ERZBERGER

John Culberson, U.S. Congressman, 7th District Texas & Chairman, House Appropriations CJS Committee signs his name on the Orion Stage Adapter while touring MSFC on October 6, 2017.

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE STAFFER MICHELLE BURKETT & MARY D KERWIN, DEPUTY AA FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AT NASA HQ: ON TOUR W/ MEYYA MEYYAPPAN, FFC W/ K CHRISTENSEN, ATC LAB W/H ERZBERGER

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE STAFFER MICHELLE BURKETT & MARY D KERWIN, DEPUTY AA FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AT NASA HQ: ON TOUR W/ MEYYA MEYYAPPAN, FFC W/ K CHRISTENSEN, ATC LAB W/H ERZBERGER

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen as he testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 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)

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)

Ranking Member Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., 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)

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)

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)