KSC Town Hall Center Director Bob Cabana, Deputy Director Janet Petro and KSC Chief Medical Officer David Tipton

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to center employees and guests before the KSC Walk Run on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The annual event, part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, offers 10K, 5K and 2-mile options in the spirit of friendly competition.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana approaches the finish line at the KSC Walk Run on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The annual event, part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, offers 10K, 5K and 2-mile options in the spirit of friendly competition.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses attendees during the 2019 KSC Honor Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2019. Held inside the IMAX Theater at the Florida spaceport’s visitor complex, the ceremony honored both civil servants and contractors for their contributions to NASA and Kennedy.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses attendees during the 2019 KSC Honor Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2019. Held inside the IMAX Theater at the Florida spaceport’s visitor complex, the ceremony honored both civil servants and contractors for their contributions to NASA and Kennedy.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana approaches the finish line at the KSC Walk Run on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The annual event, part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, offers 10K, 5K and 2-mile options in the spirit of friendly competition.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, center, is joined by a large group of center employees and guests as they participate in the KSC Walk Run on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The annual event, part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, offers 10K, 5K and 2-mile options in the spirit of friendly competition.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center employees listen to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speak during an agency-wide address, broadcast live to NASA centers throughout the country, on Jan. 29, 2019. Bridenstine thanked employees for their patience and commitment to the agency during the government shutdown. He also called 2019 “a big year” for NASA and stated his optimism for the agency’s future.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana addresses workers during the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month celebration on May 23 at the KSC Training Auditorium. The Asian-Pacific American Connection APAC, an employee resource group at KSC, hosted an Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month celebration, 'Building Leadership: Embracing Cultural Values and Inclusion.' APAC is an employee resource group at KSC. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

Robin Hauser, a director and producer of award-winning documentaries, delivers a presentation during the “KSC and Proud to Be” centerwide diversity event held at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations Support Building II (OSB II) on Aug. 20, 2019. Hauser, who has spoken at the White House and at conferences worldwide, addressed bias in artificial intelligence. The event wrapped up with the debut showing of a new employee video focusing on the importance of employee resource groups at the center, followed by closing remarks from Kennedy Director Bob Cabana.

Robin Hauser, a director and producer of award-winning documentaries, delivers a presentation during the “KSC and Proud to Be” centerwide diversity event held at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations Support Building II (OSB II) on Aug. 20, 2019. Hauser, who has spoken at the White House and at conferences worldwide, addressed bias in artificial intelligence. The event wrapped up with the debut showing of a new employee video focusing on the importance of employee resource groups at the center, followed by closing remarks from Kennedy Director Bob Cabana.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks during the “KSC and Proud to Be” centerwide diversity event held at the Florida spaceport’s Operations Support Building II (OSB II) on Aug. 20, 2019. The event featured a presentation by Robin Hauser, a director and producer of award-winning documentaries. Hauser, who has spoken at the White House and at conferences worldwide, addressed bias in artificial intelligence. A new employee video focusing on the importance of employee resource groups at the center made its debut showing at the event.

Center Directors: Kennedy Space Center Directors around KSC – 1st row, left to right, Richard Smith [center] Bob Cabana [at the podium] Jay Honeycutt [far right]. 2nd row, left to right, Bob Crippen [left] Jim Kennedy Lieutenant General Forrest S. McCartney, USAF, ret. [far left]. 3rd row, left to right, Bill Parsons [far right] Lee Scherer Roy Bridges [2nd from right]. Poster designed by Kennedy Space Center Graphics Department/Greg Lee. Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana briefs the community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders attending the Kennedy Space Center Director in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana addresses the community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders attending the Kennedy Space Center Director in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana welcomes community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center for the Kennedy Space Center Director Update. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during KSC Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From left, Scott Thurston, Kennedy deputy of the spacecraft office of the Commercial Crew Program, talks with Scott Colloredo, director of the Center Planning and Development Directorate. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to National Space Club-Florida Chapter (NSCFC) members and guests at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Cabana's presentation was titled, "KSC - Space Exploration Begins Here." He included an update on the multi-user spaceport and several programs, including Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program and Commercial Crew Program. The NSCFC is a non-profit organization composed of representatives from the space industry, government, educational institutions, and private individuals who share a commitment to increasing public awareness of America's aerospace programs.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to National Space Club-Florida Chapter (NSCFC) members and guests at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Cabana's presentation was titled, "KSC - Space Exploration Begins Here." He included an update on the multi-user spaceport and several programs, including Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program and Commercial Crew Program. The NSCFC is a non-profit organization composed of representatives from the space industry, government, educational institutions, and private individuals who share a commitment to increasing public awareness of America's aerospace programs.

JSC2011-E-068002 (21 July 2011) --- Amidst a crowd, NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, and KSC Director Bob Cabana after the space shuttle Atlantis landed on July 21 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The landing completed STS-135, the final mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana stands suited up and ready to go prior to the start of the center’s annual Tour de KSC. The bicycle tour took place March 30, giving Kennedy employees and guests the opportunity to choose from three different routes that ranged from seven to 33 miles along some of the Florida spaceport’s most notable facilities such as the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Shuttle Landing Facility and historic Launch Pad 39A, among others.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses the National Space Club Florida Committee during its monthly meeting at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Fla. His speech, titled “KSC -- Today and Tomorrow,” addressed the future of NASA and possible changes to the space shuttle launch schedule later this month. The committee, headquartered on Florida's Space Coast, is a non-profit corporation composed of private individuals representing industry, government, regional educational institutions and the media. NASA_Kim Shiflett

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana poses after crossing the finish line of the KSC Walk Run on March 26, 2019. Part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, the annual event takes place at the Florida spaceport’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway and offers employees and guests the chance to partake in a two-mile walk or run, a 5K or a 10K.

Kennedy Space Center employees and guests pose for a selfie with Center Director Bob Cabana prior to the start of the Florida spaceport’s annual KSC Walk Run on March 26, 2019. Part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, the event takes place at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway and offers participants the chance to partake in a two-mile walk or run, a 5K or a 10K.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses the National Space Club Florida Committee during its monthly meeting at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Fla. His speech, titled “KSC -- Today and Tomorrow,” addressed the future of NASA and possible changes to the space shuttle launch schedule later this month. The committee, headquartered on Florida's Space Coast, is a non-profit corporation composed of private individuals representing industry, government, regional educational institutions and the media. NASA_Kim Shiflett

From his vantage point atop a stepladder near the finish line, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to center employees and guests before the KSC Walk Run on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The annual event, part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, offers 10K, 5K and 2-mile options in the spirit of friendly competition.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses the National Space Club Florida Committee during its monthly meeting at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Fla. His speech, titled “KSC -- Today and Tomorrow,” addressed the future of NASA and possible changes to the space shuttle launch schedule later this month. The committee, headquartered on Florida's Space Coast, is a non-profit corporation composed of private individuals representing industry, government, regional educational institutions and the media. NASA_Kim Shiflett

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to employees and guests before the start of the Florida spaceport’s annual KSC Walk Run on March 26, 2019. Part of Kennedy’s Safety and Health Days, the event takes place at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway and offers participants the chance to partake in a two-mile walk or run, a 5K or a 10K.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses cyclists participating in the center’s annual Tour de KSC bicycle tour prior to its start on March 30. Employees and guests had the opportunity to choose from three different routes, ranging from seven to 33 miles, along some of the Florida spaceport’s most notable facilities such as the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Shuttle Landing Facility and historic Launch Pad 39A, among others.

JSC2011-E-068004 (21 July 2011) --- KSC director Bob Cabana, center frame, congratulates members of the damage assessment team after the space shuttle Atlantis landed on July 21 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The landing marked the completion of STS-135, the final mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talk with Trey Carlson, Kennedy Master Planner, at the Center Planning and Development Directorate, or CPDD, display. In the background is Mario Busacca, chief of CPDD’s Spaceport Planning Office. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with engineers Jason Hopkins and Lisa Lutz, at the Ground Systems Development and Operations display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees mingled and visited various displays, including Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and Education Office displays. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Rob Mueller, a senior technologist, talks to an attendee about Kennedy’s Swamp Works Laboratory. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Rob Mueller, senior technologist, talks with attendees at the Swamp Works display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. At left, Susan Fernandez from the Office of Senator Marco Rubio talks with another attendee near the Education display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with Trent Smith, program manager, and Tammy Belk, a program specialist, at the ISS Ground Processing and Research Office display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with Scott Thurston, Kennedy deputy of the spacecraft office at the Commercial Crew Program display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, presents well-known documentary filmmaker Robin Hauser with a token of appreciation during the “KSC and Proud to Be” centerwide diversity event held at the Florida spaceport’s Operations Support Building II (OSB II) on Aug. 20, 2019. The plaque was made from glass that was a part of Kennedy’s Launch Control Center during the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. Hauser, who has spoken at the White House and at conferences worldwide, addressed bias in artificial intelligence. A new employee video focusing on the importance of employee resource groups at the center made its debut showing at the event.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks with Tim Yang, the executive vice president of Yang Enterprises Inc., during the National Space Club Florida Committee's monthly meeting at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Fla. His speech, titled “KSC -- Today and Tomorrow,” addressed the future of NASA and possible changes to the space shuttle launch schedule later this month. The committee, headquartered on Florida's Space Coast, is a non-profit corporation composed of private individuals representing industry, government, regional educational institutions and the media. NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the National Space Club Florida Committee socialize during their monthly meeting at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana was the guest speaker. He addressed the future of NASA and possible changes to the space shuttle launch schedule later this month with his speech, titled “KSC -- Today and Tomorrow.' The committee, headquartered on Florida's Space Coast, is a non-profit corporation composed of private individuals representing industry, government, regional educational institutions and the media. NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana, second from right, welcomes community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center for the Kennedy Space Center Director Update. At far right is Brevard County District 1 Commissioner Robin Fisher. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, third from left, arrives at the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Second from right is Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. The toured the facilities and viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, fourth from left, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Second from left is Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. They viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana visited Marshall Space Flight Center July 16. With the Dynamic Test Stand in the background, Cabana, left, talks with Tim Flores, integration manager for stages in the Space Launch System Program Office, on top of Test Stand 4693, NASA’s largest SLS structural test stand. In addition to viewing SLS hardware, Cabana spoke to the Marshall Association and National Space Club Huntsville during his visit.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, arrives at the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Second from right is Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. They toured the facilities and viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Bridenstine viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana, center, receives an update on SLS hardware from Heather Haney, left, an engineer in the Space Launch System stages office, and Mark White, lead test engineer for the SLS core stage engine section, on July 16 in Marshall's Building 4619. Cabana, Haney and White are standing in front of a structural test version of the Intertank, the 212-foot-tall backbone of the SLS rocket. The structural test article is undergoing critical testing as engineers push, pull and bend the hardware with millions of pounds of force to ensure it can withstand the forces of launch and ascent.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shakes hands with Scott Henderson, Blue Origin Orbital Launch director, at the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Bridenstine toured the facilities and viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right in the blue shirt, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. He viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from right, in the blue shirt, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Bridenstine viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Third from left is Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. They viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that few to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, far right, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Bridenstine viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, at left, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2019. Bridenstine viewed the New Shepard booster and crew capsule that flew to space and back five times.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, right, introduces astronaut Rick Mastracchio to the audience at a post-flight presentation on the Expedition 38 mission to the International Space Station. The Space Flight Awareness Program hosted Mastracchio's presentation for employees in the KSC Training Auditorium. An Expedition 38/39 crew member, Mastracchio launched to the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6, 2013, and returned to Earth on May 13, 2014, after 188 days in space. Following Mastracchio's remarks, employees were given the opportunity to ask questions and to meet him in person. To read Mastracchio's biography, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html. For more information on Expedition 38, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition38. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, right, welcomes astronaut Rick Mastracchio to the center for a post-flight presentation on the Expedition 38 mission to the International Space Station. The Space Flight Awareness Program hosted Mastracchio's presentation for employees in the KSC Training Auditorium. An Expedition 38/39 crew member, Mastracchio launched to the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6, 2013, and returned to Earth on May 13, 2014, after 188 days in space. Following Mastracchio's remarks, employees were given the opportunity to ask questions and to meet him in person. To read Mastracchio's biography, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html. For more information on Expedition 38, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition38. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Center Director Bob Cabana presents an award to retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lee A. Archer Jr., one of the Tuskegee Airmen, during a special presentation to the work force at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Archer shared his experiences as combat fighter pilot, civil rights leader and business executive. Archer is the only Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot to receive the honor “Ace” for shooting down five enemy aircraft during WWII. He retired as Air Force Command Pilot after 30 years of military service, 1941-1971. Archer is at Kennedy to serve as Military Marshall of the 2008 KSC Space & Air Show, Nov. 8-9. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, left, greets astronaut Rick Mastracchio before the start of a post-flight presentation on the Expedition 38 mission to the International Space Station. The Space Flight Awareness Program hosted Mastracchio's presentation for employees in the KSC Training Auditorium. An Expedition 38/39 crew member, Mastracchio launched to the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6, 2013, and returned to Earth on May 13, 2014, after 188 days in space. Following Mastracchio's remarks, employees were given the opportunity to ask questions and to meet him in person. To read Mastracchio's biography, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html. For more information on Expedition 38, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition38. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, right, introduces astronaut Rick Mastracchio to the audience at a post-flight presentation on the Expedition 38 mission to the International Space Station. The Space Flight Awareness Program hosted Mastracchio's presentation for employees in the KSC Training Auditorium. An Expedition 38/39 crew member, Mastracchio launched to the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6, 2013, and returned to Earth on May 13, 2014, after 188 days in space. Following Mastracchio's remarks, employees were given the opportunity to ask questions and to meet him in person. To read Mastracchio's biography, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html. For more information on Expedition 38, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition38. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

KSC-2014-3922 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Former astronaut Bob Cabana, center, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the start of the announcement ceremony to name the providers of the next generation of crewed American spacecraft. Speaking from Kennedy’s Press Site, Cabana detailed the importance of the development effort by the agency's Commercial Crew Program for United States space exploration ambitions and the economic potential of creating new markets in human space transportation. Boeing and SpaceX were awarded contracts to complete the design of the CST-100 and Crew Dragon spacecraft, respectively, and begin manufacturing for flight tests with a goal of achieving certification to take astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017. The Commercial Crew Transportation Capability CCtCap contract also covers the beginning of operational missions for these new spacecraft and their systems. NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz, from left, Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, Kathy Lueders, manager of the agency's Commercial Crew Program, and former International Space Station Commander Mike Fincke also took part in the announcement. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

The 2017 class of astronaut candidates listen to NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, far right, during their tour and familiarization with the center. Sitting behind the candidates, at right is Kelvin Manning, Kennedy associate director. The candidates toured center facilities, including the Vehicle Assembly Building, Launch Control Center, Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, Launch Pad 39B, and the Space Station Processing Facility. They also toured Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Facility, United Launch Alliance's Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and SpaceX's Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy. The candidates will spend about two years getting to know the space station systems and learning how to spacewalk, speak Russian, control the International Space Station's robotic arm and fly T-38s, before they're eligible to be assigned to a mission.

The 2017 class of astronaut candidates listen to NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, standing, during their tour and familiarization with the center. The candidates toured center facilities, including the Vehicle Assembly Building, Launch Control Center, Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, Launch Pad 39B, and the Space Station Processing Facility. They also toured Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Facility, United Launch Alliance's Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and SpaceX's Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy. The candidates will spend about two years getting to know the space station systems and learning how to spacewalk, speak Russian, control the International Space Station's robotic arm and fly T-38s, before they're eligible to be assigned to a mission.

Senior leaders at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida participate in a virtual town hall hosted at the NASA News Center auditorium on Feb. 17, 2021. From left to right are Kelvin Manning, associate director, technical; Bob Cabana, center director; Janet Petro, deputy director; and Burt Summerfield, associate director, management. The panel addressed a variety of topics and answered questions submitted by the Kennedy workforce.

From left, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. 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.

The countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is photographed during a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing on Dec. 19, 2019. 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts representing NASA and Boeing participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. From left to right are Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; NASA astronaut Mike Finke; Bridenstine; 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts representing NASA and Boeing participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. 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.

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 Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; 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.

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 astronauts 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts representing NASA and Boeing participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. From left to right are Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; NASA astronaut Mike Finke; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; and Bridenstine. 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts representing NASA and Boeing participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. From left to right are Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; NASA astronaut Mike Finke; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; and Bridenstine. 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.

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 Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; NASA astronaut 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts representing NASA and Boeing participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. From left to right are Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; Bridenstine; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; and NASA astronaut Mike Finke. 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.

Mike Finke, NASA 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 Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; 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.

From left, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts representing NASA and Boeing participate in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. From left to right are Cabana; NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Nicole Mann; Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson; NASA astronaut Mike Finke; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; and Bridenstine. 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.

Suni Williams, NASA astronaut, participates in a Boeing Orbital Flight Test media briefing near the countdown clock at the Florida spaceport on Dec. 19, 2019. 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.

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 NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson and NASA astronaut Mike Finke. 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.

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 astronaut Nicole Mann, Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson and NASA astronaut Mike Finke. 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.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana speaks during a briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, third from left, joins Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, second from left, on Oct. 29, 2021, at the center for a briefing on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission. The briefing was moderated by Megan Cruz, far left, NASA Communications. Also participating were Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator; Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations; and NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro speaks during a NASA Administrator briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the center on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Megan Cruz, NASA Communications, moderates a briefing on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission, featuring NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. Participants included Kennedy Director Janet Petro, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations; and NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg speaks during a briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Kathy Lueders speaks during a briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The News Center countdown clock is shown as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station arrive at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron speak to members of the news media. The crew will enter quarantine at the center’s Crew Quarters as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT on Oct. 31 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.