Spencer Barr, Exploration Ground Systems mission assurance manager at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, left, speaks with Jerry Kerby, pilot, right, following an employee incentive flying event with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Friday, March 6, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center; Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the administrator, left; and Jerry Kerby, pilot, right, pose for a photograph following their air show performance at the SUN ’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, in Lakeland, Fla. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a formation flight with his F-5 aircraft during an air show performance at the SUN ’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, in Lakeland, Fla. Isaacman was joined by pilots Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the administrator, and Jerry Kerby. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Jerry Kerby, pilot; Michael J. Acheson, senior researcher and principal investigator at NASA’s Langley Research Center; Dr. Kyle Thompson, research aerothermodynamist at NASA’s Langley Research Center; and Dr. Scott Glaser, pilot, pose for a photograph following an employee incentive flying event with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a formation flight with his F-5 aircraft during an air show performance at the SUN ’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, in Lakeland, Fla. Isaacman was joined by pilots Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the administrator, and Jerry Kerby. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a formation flight with his F-5 aircraft during an air show performance at the SUN ’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, in Lakeland, Fla. Isaacman was joined by pilots Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the administrator, and Jerry Kerby. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a formation flight with his F-5 aircraft during an air show performance at the SUN ’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, in Lakeland, Fla. Isaacman was joined by pilots Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the administrator, and Jerry Kerby. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, left; Matthew Mickens, project scientist, space crop production, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, second from left; Trey Carlson, chief of staff at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, third from left; Spencer Barr, Exploration Ground Systems mission assurance manager at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, fourth from left; Clara Wright, chief of the laboratories, development, and testing division within the engineering directorate at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, fifth from left; and Jerry Kerby, pilot, right, pose for a photograph following an employee incentive flying event with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Friday, March 6, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, fifth from left, poses for a photograph with NASA employees and F-5 pilots following an employee incentive flying event using Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left to right: Sean Gustafson, pilot and senior advisor to the administrator; Kristian Miasek, ET-10 test engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; Megan Vansant, chief architect and demolition program manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; James Hamilton, propellant and pressurant manager at NASA’s Stennis Space Center; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Briou Bourgeois, E-3 test director at NASA’s Stennis Space Center; Brittany Bouché, acting deputy chief of facility engineering services at NASA’s Stennis Space Center; and Jerry Kerby, pilot. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in a formation flight with his F-5 aircraft during an air show performance at the SUN ’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026, in Lakeland, Fla. Isaacman was joined by pilots Sean Gustafson, senior advisor to the administrator, and Jerry Kerby. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby and Doug "Tut" Demko) preform the Browns' first-ever NASA flyover during the National Anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby and Doug "Tut" Demko) preform the Browns' first-ever NASA flyover during the National Anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby and Doug "Tut" Demko) preform the Browns' first-ever NASA flyover during the National Anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby and Doug "Tut" Demko) preform the Browns' first-ever NASA flyover during the National Anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby, Doug "Tut" Demko and other members) along with NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock and Associate Administrator, Research and Technology Mission Directorate Dr. James Kenyon wave to fans on the field at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby, Doug "Tut" Demko and other members) along with NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock and Associate Administrator, Research and Technology Mission Directorate Dr. James Kenyon wave to fans on the field at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby, Doug "Tut" Demko and other members) along with NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock and Associate Administrator, Research and Technology Mission Directorate Dr. James Kenyon wave to fans on the field at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his Freedom 250 F-5 team (Jerry "Jive" Kerby, Doug "Tut" Demko and other members) along with NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock and Associate Administrator, Research and Technology Mission Directorate Dr. James Kenyon wave to fans on the field at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sunday, September 27th, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation in air and space in the lead up to the MAX POWER aerospace technology expo and airshow at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in early November. Photo Credit: (NASA/Jordan Cochran)

NASA employees participate in an employee incentive flying event using NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Friday, March 6, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA employees participate in an employee incentive flying event using NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Friday, March 6, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

NASA employees participate in an employee incentive flying event using NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)