Portrait, Jim Morhard, Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard Official Portrait
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard, center, appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard, center, listens as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduces Morhard as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduces Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, questions Jim Morhard, nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA, during a hearing on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduces Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard as the nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., questions Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Jim Morhard, nominee for Deputy Administrator of NASA, during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, visits the Combustion Lab at Marshall Space Flight Center on March 25, where Michael Allison shares the advancements being made in additive manufacturing of rocket engine parts at Marshall. Allison leads the assembly and integration lead for the MC2 engine model, shown here, which is an additively manufactured liquid engine designed and developed at Marshall. During his tour of the center, Morhard also saw the work being done by Marshall to advance deep space exploration at the Liquid Hydrogen Test Stand, Deep Space Habitat, Payload Operations Integration Center and the Systems Integration Lab.
NASA Deputy Administrator, Jim Morhard, Tours MSFC Additive Manu
Jim Morhard, left, shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after being sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine looks on, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
Jim Morhard, left, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after being sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
Jim Morhard, left, is sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine looks on, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in the United States Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
Group photograph at the March 26, 2019 MSFC all hands. From left to right: Paul McConnaughey, Jody Singer, Jim Bridenstine, Johnny Stephenson, James Morhard.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine , March 26 all-hands event.
Jim Morhard, left, speaks to those gathered after being sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard tours the NASA exhibit at the Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Broadmoor Hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Space Symposium - NASA Exhibit
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard gives closing remarks at the MLK Day of Service, Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
MLK Day of Service
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard gives closing remarks at the MLK Day of Service, Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
MLK Day of Service
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard is seen along side NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a meeting with Sylvain Laporte, President of the Canadian Space Agency, at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
Jim Morhard, left, speaks after being sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., second from left, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right and NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, right, look on, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard gives remarks at an agency meeting at the Space Symposium, Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. NASA officials from NASA centers around the country were in attendance. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Space Symposium - All Hands Meeting
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard gives remarks at an agency meeting at the Space Symposium, Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. NASA officials from NASA centers around the country were in attendance. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Space Symposium - All Hands Meeting
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, speak with Professor Johann-Dietrich Worner, Director General of ESA (European Space Agency), during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, are seen during a meeting with Pascale Ehrenfreund, Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and other members of the executive board at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addresses Marshall team members during his March 26 all-hands event.  Joining him on stage in Activities Building 4316 were Marshall Director Jody Singer, left, and Johnny Stephenson, right, director of the Office of Strategic Analysis & Communications with James Morhard, NASA deputy administrator.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addresses Marshall team membe
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, poses for a photo with the other awardees, after accepting the Best Place to Work award for large federal government agencies for NASA, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Deputy Administrator Accepts Best Place to Work Award for N
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, center, speaks with guests, after accepting the Best Place to Work award for large federal government agencies for NASA, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Deputy Administrator Accepts Best Place to Work Award for N
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
Jim Morhard, right, shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before being sworn in as the 14th NASA Deputy Administrator, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks during the 2019 Annual Earth Science Applications Showcase, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Every summer students and young professionals from NASA’s Applied Sciences’ DEVELOP National Program come to NASA Headquarters and present their research projects. DEVELOP is a training and development program where students work on Earth science research projects, mentored by science advisers from NASA and partner agencies, and extend research results to local communities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
2019 Earth Science Applications Showcase
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks during the 2019 Annual Earth Science Applications Showcase, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Every summer students and young professionals from NASA’s Applied Sciences’ DEVELOP National Program come to NASA Headquarters and present their research projects. DEVELOP is a training and development program where students work on Earth science research projects, mentored by science advisers from NASA and partner agencies, and extend research results to local communities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
2019 Earth Science Applications Showcase
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks during the 2019 Annual Earth Science Applications Showcase, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Every summer students and young professionals from NASA’s Applied Sciences’ DEVELOP National Program come to NASA Headquarters and present their research projects. DEVELOP is a training and development program where students work on Earth science research projects, mentored by science advisers from NASA and partner agencies, and extend research results to local communities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
2019 Earth Science Applications Showcase
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, third from right, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, fourth from right, speak with Professor Johann-Dietrich Worner, Director General of ESA (European Space Agency), fourth from left, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, and Ken Bowersox, acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, meet with Sylvain Laporte, President of the Canadian Space Agency, at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from right, and Ken Bowersox, acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, center, are seen during a meeting with Sylvain Laporte, President of the Canadian Space Agency at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center left, Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Ken Bowersox, acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, meet with Pascale Ehrenfreund, Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and other members of the executive board at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard listen as German Aerospace Center (DLR) executive board chair, Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, speaks about the robust relationship between their agencies in human and robotic exploration, and prospects for cooperation as NASA pursues the landing of humans on the Moon by 2024, at the Space Symposium, Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Space Symposium - DLR Bilateral Meeting
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, right, place wreaths at the graves of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Roger Chaffee as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard delivers remarks prior the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim  Morhard speaks during a wreath laying ceremony at the Space Shuttle Challenger and Space Shuttle Columbia Memorials as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard delivers remarks prior the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
Taps is played by a member of The Old Guard after NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim  Morhard speaks during a wreath laying ceremony at the Space Shuttle Challenger and Space Shuttle Columbia Memorials as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
Taps is played by a member of The Old Guard after NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
An image of the former Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station near Canberra, Australia is seen on screen as NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard delivers remarks prior the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks after a wreath laying ceremony at the graves of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Roger Chaffee as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim  Morhard speaks during a wreath laying ceremony at the Space Shuttle Challenger and Space Shuttle Columbia Memorials as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks after a wreath laying ceremony at the graves of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Roger Chaffee as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
A full-size model of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is seen during a press conference with Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro, left, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, second from left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from right, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, ahead of the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Perseverance rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, July 30.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Mars 2020 Perseverance Prelaunch
Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro, left, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, second from left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from right, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, are seen during a press conference ahead of the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Perseverance rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, July 30.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Mars 2020 Perseverance Prelaunch
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, center, is seen with Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Col., left, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., 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)
NASA Leadership and Members of Congress watch First All-Woman Sp
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)
NASA Leadership and Members of Congress watch First All-Woman Sp
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, poses for a photo with Max Stier, president and chief executive officer of the Partnership for Public Service, after accepting the Best Place to Work award for large federal government agencies for NASA, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Deputy Administrator Accepts Best Place to Work Award for N
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, fourth from right, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, fifth from right, speak with the Honorable Karen Andrews Minister of Parliament and Minister, Industry, Science and Technology, Austrailia, second from left, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
70th International Astronautical Congress
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, second from right, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, pose for a picture after exchanging space agency hats following the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, second from right, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, pose for a picture after exchanging space agency hats following the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, top left, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, top right, witness the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency by NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, right, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, top left, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, top right, witness the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency by NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, right, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, shakes hands with Dr. Megan Clark, Head of the Australian Space Agency, second from right, as they pose for a photo with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, left, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, following the signing of a letter of intent between NASA and the Australian Space Agency, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA and the Australian Space Agency will build on over 60 years of collaboration in space exploration between the two countries and commit to expanding cooperation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Letter of Intent Signing Between NASA and the Australian Space A
Vice President Mike Pence, center, meets with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, to discuss the progress on Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1), Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Also attending the meeting was NASA Chief of Staff Janet Karika, NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk, Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier, and Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, along with acting Chief of Staff to the Vice President Jarrod Agen and Executive Director of the National Space Council Scott Pace. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Vice President Pence at NASA Headquarters
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, 2nd from right, and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, along with other guest watch as the core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket undergoes a scheduled eight minute duration hot fire test in the B-2 Test Stand, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The four RS-25 engines fired for a little more than one minute and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the Space Launch System’s core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Robert Markowitz)
Hot Fire Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage
Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, center, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right, and NASA Public Affairs Officer Joshua Santora, right, answer social media questions ahead of the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Perseverance rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, July 30.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Mars 2020 Perseverance Prelaunch
Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, center, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right, and NASA Public Affairs Officer Joshua Santora, right, answer social media questions ahead of the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Perseverance rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, July 30.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Mars 2020 Perseverance Prelaunch
Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier of Oklahoma appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee to be the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Mr. Joel Szabat of Maryland appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the Department of Transportation on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Mr. Joel Szabat of Maryland appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the Department of Transportation on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier of Oklahoma appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as the nominee to be the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Jim Morhard Nomination Hearing
NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard, right, tours Marshall's Additive Manufacturing Facility with, from left, Marshall Director Jody Singer; Larry Leopard, director of the Engineering Directorate; Marshall Associate Director Steve Miley; and Michael Allison, lead systems engineer for additive manufacturing assembly and integration. Morhard visited Marshall facilities to see first-hand the broad spectrum of engineering, science and exploration work here.
NASA Deputy Administrator, Jim Morhard, Tours MSFC Additive Manu
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, right, look on as June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Challenger commander Richard Scobee, Chuck Resnik, brother of Challenger mission specialist Judy Resnik, and Jane Smith Wolcott, widow of Challenger pilot Michael Smith, place flowers at the graves of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Roger Chaffee as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Day of Remembrance
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard and Sam Scimemi, Director of NASA’s International Space Station Division, watch from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters as President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, talks to NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir from the Roosevelt Room of the White House as they conduct the first all-woman spacewalk on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, 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)
President Trump Calls Astronauts During First All-Woman Spacewal
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams, who are assigned to Boeing’s first operation flight of Starliner, and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Michael Fincke, and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, who are assigned to Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, are seen during a press conference ahead of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Boeing Orbital Flight Test Prelaunch
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams, who are assigned to Boeing’s first operation flight of Starliner, and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Michael Fincke, and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, who are assigned to Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, are seen during a press conference ahead of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Boeing Orbital Flight Test Prelaunch
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA Astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams, who are assigned to Boeing’s first operation flight of Starliner, and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Michael Fincke, and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, who are assigned to Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, are seen during a press conference ahead of the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Boeing Orbital Flight Test Prelaunch
Pascale Ehrenfreund, Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is seen during a meeting with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard and other senior NASA leaders at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine meet with Giorgio Saccoccia Head of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), before the signing of a joint statement at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
70th International Astronautical Congress
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks to members of the media during a press briefing Nov. 13, 2020, near the Press Site countdown clock at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 launch. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A to the space station for a six-month science mission.
SpaceX Crew-1 Social Q&A
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and Junichi Sakai, manager of the International Space Station Program for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) greet NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as they arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, Noguchi are scheduled to launch at 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Crew-1 Crew Arrival
Joshua Santora, far right, NASA Communications, moderates a press briefing Nov. 13, 2020, near the Press Site countdown clock at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 launch. Speaking to the media, from right, are Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A to the space station for a six-month science mission.
SpaceX Crew-1 Social Q&A
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore, and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, pose for a picture with NASA Social participants in front of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test mission, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 6:36 a.m. EST launch on Dec. 20, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Boeing Orbital Flight Test Prelaunch
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is seen along with Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, Junichi Sakai, manager of the International Space Station Program for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard after the arrival of NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, Noguchi are scheduled to launch at 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Crew-1 Crew Arrival
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard are seen on a monitor inside firing room four taking a selfie with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley before they departed the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Demo-2 Launch
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Junichi Sakai, manager of the International Space Station Program for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), second from left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from right, and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, watch as the plane carrying NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) arrives at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, Noguchi are scheduled to launch at 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Crew-1 Crew Arrival
NASA Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Management Burt Summerfield; left, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wave as NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Demo-2 mission launch, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Walkout
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are seen after suit-up with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on a monitor inside firing room four prior to departing for Launch Complex 39A, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Demo-2 Launch
The astronauts for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 8, 2020, and are greeted by NASA and JAXA leadership. From left are, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander. At right, from left are Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA; and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
Crew-1 Astronaut Arrival
A crew arrival media event for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is held Nov. 8, 2020, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot; Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center; NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist, pose for a photograph after speaking to members of the media. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
Crew-1 Astronaut Arrival
NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard speaks to members of the media at the arrival of NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, Noguchi are scheduled to launch at 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Crew-1 Crew Arrival
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard wave as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, wave as they prepare to depart the Neil  A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-1 mission launch, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch at 7:27 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Crew-1 Crew Walkout
Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, second from left, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, second from right, and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), right, are seen as they wait to see NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, depart the Neil  A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-1 mission launch Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi launched at 7:27 p.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 15, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX Crew-1 Crew Walkout
Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator, participates in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. In the background from left to right are Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams, Nicole Mann and Mike Finke; and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be the Starliner’s first flight to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Administrator with Astronauts and KSC Center Director Briefing
Bob Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director, participates in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. In the background from left to right are NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams, Nicole Mann and Mike Finke; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be the Starliner’s first flight to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Administrator with Astronauts and KSC Center Director Briefing
Chris Ferguson, Boeing astronaut, participates in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. In the background from left to right are NASA astronaut Mike Finke, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test will be the Starliner’s first flight to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Administrator with Astronauts and KSC Center Director Briefing