JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata poses for a portrait before his launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada poses for a portrait before his launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e003242 (Jan. 1, 2018) --- Johnson Space Center's Rocket Park is pictured at sunrise. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: July 06, 2018 LOCATION: Bldg. 2 Lobby SUBJECT: NIH Tissue Chip. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013669 (February 8, 2024) --- UAE astronaut Nora Almatrooshi poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e067200_alt (July 17, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e015919 (February 21, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013665 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Luke Delaney poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e067210_alt (July 17, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013657 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013683_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Wittner poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013672 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013682_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013660 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013679 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Christopher Williams poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013690_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013667 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013674 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Christina Birch poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

(April 20, 2018) -- Portrait view of Expedition 57/58 Crew Member Nick Hague wearing EMU helmet. Photo credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e015918 (February 21, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e052605_alt (Aug. 6, 2024) --- Official portrait of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim posing in a spacesuit at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013678 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Christopher Williams poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e003239_alt (Jan. 31, 2018) --- Composite image of an Apollo lunar sample in front of the lunar eclipse "Blood Moon". Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013675 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Christina Birch poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013673 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013666 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013681_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Marcos Berrios poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013684_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Luke Delaney poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013657 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

A NASA T-38 aircraft is seen during a flight over Artemis-1 vehicle at launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e022259_alt NASA astronaut Zena Cardman at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

jsc2024e013680_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

A NASA T-38 aircraft is seen during a flight over Artemis-1 vehicle at launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013662 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Wittner poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013661 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Andre Douglas poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013688_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013658 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Marcos Berrios poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013689_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Christina Birch poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013685_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013664 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Luke Delaney poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013659 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Marcos Berrios poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013691_alt (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Christopher Williams poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e083590_alt (Sept. 11, 2018) - Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit). Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013663 (February 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Wittner poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

NASA T-38s fly in formation above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Several astronauts and astronaut candidates traveled to view the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B, as well as support various pre-launch activities. Aircraft designations and passengers: NASA 901: Chris Condon / Astronaut Zena Cardman. 902: Astronaut Candidate Nicole Ayers / Astronaut Christina Koch. 903: Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen / Astronaut Drew Morgan. 904: Chief Astronaut Reid Wiseman / Astronaut Joe Acaba. 905 (Photo Chase): Astronaut Candidate Jack Hathaway / Josh Valcarcel. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas uses a hammer and chisel to break off a small sample during a¬¬ nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts piloting T-38 jets soar in formation above the Artemis I rocket on Launch Pad 39B as it awaits launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas pours a scoopful of geologic samples into a sample bag during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e035917 (April 11, 2018) ---2017 NASA astronaut candidate Matthew Dominick wears a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

jsc2024e024851 (April 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a photo at a solar eclipse viewing event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e035272 (April 09, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli during T-38 engine maintenance training at Ellington Field in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate look ahead at their traverse during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: September 17, 2025. LOCATION: Bldg. 2s, Teague Lobby. SUBJECT: Astronaut Candidate Group Photo - ASCAN Class of 2025. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e035916 (April 11, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli is helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

jsc2018e035904 (April 11, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Matthew Dominick wears a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins examines a geology sample she collected during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e052668_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e074784 (Nov. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e069023_alt NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on October 24, 2024. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas uses a scoop to dig into the ground to collect geologic samples during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e013670 (February 8, 2024) --- UAE astronaut Mohammad Al Mulla poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/ Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins takes a picture of a geologic sample during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2018e035282 (April 09, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Zena Cardman during T-38 engine maintenance training at Ellington Field in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

jsc2018e035922 (April 11, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli wears a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas look ahead at their traverse during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Artemis science officers, from left, Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia stand at the new SCIENCE console in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Artemis science officer, Angela Garcia, stands at the new SCIENCE console in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Artemis science officer, Trevor Graff, stands at the new SCIENCE console in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Artemis science officer, Kelsey Young, stands at the new SCIENCE console in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e052672_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Official NASA Portrait of astronaut Tom Marshburn wearing the Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit in Building 8’s Photo Studio at the Johnson Space Center, July 19, 2021. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

jsc2018e035270 (April 09, 2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli during T-38 engine maintenance training at Ellington Field in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas takes a closer look at the geologic samples he collected during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2025e005132 (Jan. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas collects soil samples during the first in a series of four simulated moonwalks in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Norther Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e052674_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: September 17, 2025. LOCATION: Bldg. 2s, Teague Lobby. SUBJECT: Astronaut Candidate Group Photo - ASCAN Class of 2025. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate Rubins review procedures during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2025e005133 (Jan. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: April 01, 2025. LOCATION: Mesa Gateway Airport. SUBJECT: Gateway Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module delivery to Northrup Grumman Facility in Gilbert, AZ. PHOTO CREDIT: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e074737 (Nov. 13, 2024) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e052672_alt2 (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas takes a picture of the lunar-like landscape during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas examines a geologic sample collected during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins selects the geology tool needed during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman assesses lower-body mobility in the xEMU spacesuit during the Artemis Spaceflight Standard Measures Test at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Dec. 8, 2025. (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins closes a sample bag full of soil she collected during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: January 10, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 30, Apollo MOCR Viewing Room. SUBJECT: ASCAN Class of 2021 official swearing in ceremony. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman completes a simulated fluid quick disconnect task as part of the Egress Fitness Task battery at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Dec. 8, 2025. (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas walk through the lunar-like landscape during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e022262_alt NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her suit’s wrist mirror at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

jsc2025e068207_alt (Sept. 19, 2025) --- Official portrait of NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway wearing a spacesuit, also called an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2024e052669_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, left, and Kate Rubins review procedures during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas uses a rake to pour “lunar” samples into a sample bag during a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 17, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Bob “Farmer” Hines is photographed in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

Pilot Chris 'Trigger" Condon and Astronaut Zena Cardman fly over NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Vehicle Assembly Building is visible in the foreground with launch pads in the background. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: January 10, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 30, Apollo MOCR Viewing Room. SUBJECT: ASCAN Class of 2021 official swearing in ceremony. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, left, and Kate Rubins review traverse plans during a¬¬ nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

PHOTO DATE: January 10, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 30, Apollo MOCR Viewing Room. SUBJECT: ASCAN Class of 2021 official swearing in ceremony. PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel