NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, right, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Ahmann, Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region; Commander, 1st Air Force, speak in front of a display of lunar samples collected during the Apollo 17 mission and U.S. Vice Presidential and Secretary of Defense flags flown to space during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Mission, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Ahmann, Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region; Commander, 1st Air Force, pose for a picture with a replica A7L spacesuit, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, welcomes U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Ahmann, Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region; Commander, 1st Air Force, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, right, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Ahmann, Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region; Commander, 1st Air Force, are seen in front of lunar rocks collected during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)