Official group photo of the new class of PODs (Payload Operations Directors) for 2019, taken in building 4663 Payload Operations Center. (L to R) Stacey Steele, Dr. Ian Howley, Michael Vigo, Jennifer McMillian, Luke Bingaman, Carlos Barreto, Luke Mays, David Nicholas Benjamin

Official group photo of the new class of PODs (Payload Operations Directors) for 2019, taken in building 4663 Payload Operations Center. (L to R) Stacey Steele, Michael Vigo, Dr. Ian Howley, Luke Bingaman, Jennifer McMillian, Luke Mays, Carlos Barreto, David Nicholas Benjamin

NASA astronaut Luke Delaney visits the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and views the agency’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

jsc2026e037778 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins assists NASA astronaut Luke Delaney as he practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037783 (May 5, 2026) --- CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk (left) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right), with assistance from training specialists, practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037770 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Luke Delaney practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney meet with teams from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The astronauts also viewed NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, currently undergoing prelaunch processing. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

NASA astronauts Luke Delaney, Jessica Watkins, Anil Menon, and Stan Love, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, meet with teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and view the Artemis IV SLS (Space Launch System) core stage engine section during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. NASA’s Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, along with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, and Stan Love meet with teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and view the agency’s Artemis IV SLS (Space Launch System) core stage engine section during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

From left, Project Scientist Natasha Haveman and NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Stan Love, and Luke Delaney, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, view crops grown in the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Watkins, Delaney, and Kutryk, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured), are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory.

Project Scientist Natasha Haveman (right) shows NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Stan Love microgreens grown in the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour  on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Watkins and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk,  and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured), are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory. 

From left, Trent Smith, a senior leader of the NASA Kennedy Space Crop Production team, welcomes NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney to  the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a tour of the facility on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Watkins, Delaney, and Kutryk, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured), are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory. 

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins taste microgreens at the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Watkins and Kutryk, along with NASA astronaut Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured), are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory.

From left, Project Scientist Natasha Haveman and NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Stan Love view microgreens during a tour of the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Delaney, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured), are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory. 

jsc2026e037791 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center) assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk (left) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right) as they practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

jsc2026e037773 (May 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (left) assists CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Josh Kutryk (background) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right) as they practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (fourth from left) speaks to teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Joining Watkins are fellow NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Stan Love, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, who also viewed the agency’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, currently undergoing prelaunch processing. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

Wearing their blue flight suits, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, and Stan Love, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, meet with teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The astronauts viewed NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage and Artemis IV SLS core stage engine section. Artemis III will launch astronauts to low Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (front), along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Stan Love, Project Scientist Natasha Haveman, and Trent Smith, a senior leader of the NASA Kennedy Space Crop Production team, view microgreens at the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured) are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory.

From left, Natasha Haveman, project scientist, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, Trent Smith, a senior leader of the NASA Kennedy Space Crop Production team, NASA astronauts Stan Love and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk view crops grown in the Plant Processing Area inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Watkins, Delaney, and Kutryk, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov (not pictured), are part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station and will explore the possibility of growing crops outside of the station’s Veggie chamber – one of two enclosed areas currently used to grow crops on the orbiting laboratory.