Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, addresses an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, addresses an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

NASA Honors awards medal - Outstanding Leadership

Supervisory employees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center participated in the Supervisor Cohort “Action Day” hosted by Leadership for the Future at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Friday, June 7, 2024. NASA Kennedy’s Leadership for the Future supervisor cohort initiative focuses on creating a space for supervisors to engage in providing solutions for important topics on center, as well as supporting the development of the supervisory community. The Leadership for the Future Champions hosted the Action Day to share expectations, form the teams, scope the projects, and launch. Leadership for the Future Champions, comprising several of the spaceport’s senior leaders, select the supervisor cohorts with the goal of advancing the spaceport, the agency, and America’s leadership in space.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Members of the 2007 class of Partners in Leadership toured NASA Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., on Jan. 11. They visited the center's B Test Stand, part of the center's rocket engine test complex. The Partners in Leadership training program is designed to teach Pearl River County leaders about their county's government, economic development, health and human services, history and arts, environment and education during a 10-month period. The program, sponsored by the Partners for Pearl River County, helps fulfill the mission of the economic and community development agency.

New Stennis Director Rick Gilbrech (r) shakes hands with his predecessor, Patrick Scheuermann, following announcement of the leadership change during an all hands session Sept. 25. Scheuermann ended his tenure at Stennis to become director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Gilbrech previously served as director at Stennis in 2006-7.

New Stennis Director Rick Gilbrech (r) shakes hands with his predecessor, Patrick Scheuermann, following announcement of the leadership change during an all hands session Sept. 25. Scheuermann ended his tenure at Stennis to become director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Gilbrech previously served as director at Stennis in 2006-7.

Beating the Odds Student Success/ Leadership Program tours the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Beating the Odds Student Success/ Leadership Program tours the Goddard Space Flight Center. Judy Bruner, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate gives a Science on a Sphere Presentation.

Josh White Jr. was keynote speaker for Exploring Leadership Colloquium “A Musical and Storytelling Walk Through Our Civil Rights History” at Goddard on January 19, 2017. He is a musician, vocalist, guitarist, Tony Award-winning actor, Grammy-nominated recording arist, teacher, and social activist.

Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, (Left), and Auburn University President, Dr. Stephen Leahy, were part of the Leadership Alabama group that viewed the SLS Liquid Hydrogen test stand at Marshall Space Flight Center on 3/7/19.

Jody Singer discusses Budget issues, the passing of President George H. W. Bush, and recent appointments to Marshall Leadership positions.

Vice President Mike Pence, meets with NASA leadership, after swearing in Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Vice President Mike Pence, meets with NASA leadership, after swearing in Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019 and takes questions from workers after her presentation. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the X-59 on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The moment captures years of design, integration, and ground testing and marks the beginning of a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, right, shake hands while meeting with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Jim Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, speaks with NASA leadership by video conference, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, speaks with NASA leadership by video conference, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, right, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and other senior leadership meet, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, right, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center right, speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Information from the Hispanic Federation is on display in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation is this year’s guest speaker. The event, hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group, focused on the theme “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Engineer Edsel Sanchez welcomes Kennedy Space Center workers to a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation was this year’s guest speaker. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Kennedy Space Center workers mingle before a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation was this year’s guest speaker. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Information from the Hispanic Federation is on display in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation is this year’s guest speaker. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Members of NASA leadership, leadership with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, and contractor Amentum Services, Inc. leadership pose for a group photo underneath a banner displaying the Artemis II mission insignia outside High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The design designates the mission as “AII,” signifying not only the second major flight of the Artemis campaign, but also an endeavor of discovery that seeks to explore for all and by all. Framed in Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise photo, the scene of the Earth and the Moon represents the dual nature of human spaceflight, both equally compelling: The Moon represents our exploration destination, focused on discovery of the unknown. The Earth represents home, focused on the perspective we gain when we look back at our shared planet and learn what it is to be uniquely human. The orbit around Earth highlights the ongoing exploration missions that have enabled Artemis to set sights on a long-term presence on the Moon and soon, Mars.

Members of NASA leadership, leadership with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, and contractor Amentum Services, Inc. leadership pose for a group photo underneath a banner displaying the Artemis II mission insignia outside High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The design designates the mission as “AII,” signifying not only the second major flight of the Artemis campaign, but also an endeavor of discovery that seeks to explore for all and by all. Framed in Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise photo, the scene of the Earth and the Moon represents the dual nature of human spaceflight, both equally compelling: The Moon represents our exploration destination, focused on discovery of the unknown. The Earth represents home, focused on the perspective we gain when we look back at our shared planet and learn what it is to be uniquely human. The orbit around Earth highlights the ongoing exploration missions that have enabled Artemis to set sights on a long-term presence on the Moon and soon, Mars.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The group watches in real time as flight controllers and engineers receive updates from the aircraft during its historic first flight in support of the agency’s Quesst mission.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, along with NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Jacyln Jester, left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA leadership marked the accomplishments of the team at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where technicians recently completed welding together the pressure vessel for the Orion spacecraft and continue to manufacture the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei sign montages for NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Israel’s Minister for Innovation, Science, and Technology Gila Gamliel, center left, is seen during a meeting with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei pose for a photo with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy meets with NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center Acting Director, Kelvin Manning, and other members of the leadership team, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers gather at KARS Park II to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers enjoy Hispanic food at KARS Park II during an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers gather at KARS Park II to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

A NASA Kennedy Space Center workers enjoys a treat during a gathering at KARS Park II to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers enjoy Hispanic food at KARS Park II during an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

The Pearl River County Leadership Class visits the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-1/B-2) during a NASA Stennis tour on Feb. 20. NASA Stennis is at the front end of the critical path for the future of human deep space exploration through NASA’s Artemis campaign. The B-2 side of the Thad Cochran Test Stand is undergoing preparations for exploration upper stage testing. The upper stage is scheduled to undergo Green Run tests of its integrated systems before its first flight on the Artemis IV mission. The test series will culminate with a hot fire of the stage’s four RL10 engines, just as during an actual mission.

Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications, participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’sKennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’sKennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Janet Petro, director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, left, NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, right, along with other senior leadership, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, foreground, NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, left, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, right, along with other senior leadership, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro listens as she visits with NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, right, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with other senior leadership, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.