
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III delivers remarks during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. The swatch is being returned to the museum after having been flown aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III delivers remarks during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. The swatch is being returned to the museum after having been flown aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III delivers remarks during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. The swatch is being returned to the museum after having been flown aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian Institution Ellen Stofan, Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Christopher Browne, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III, and Wright brother’s great-grandniece Amanda Wright Lane are seen after unveiling plaques during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)