NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, pose for a photograph after Anderson was sworn in as the agency’s 16th Deputy Administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson gives remarks after being sworn in as the agency’s 16th deputy administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson gives remarks after being sworn in as the agency’s 16th deputy administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson gives remarks after being sworn in as the agency’s 16th deputy administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson gives remarks after being sworn in as the agency’s 16th deputy administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Official Portrait, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Matt Anderson, left, joined by his wife Christine, is sworn in as the 16th Deputy Administrator of NASA, by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Matt Anderson, left, joined by his wife Christine, is sworn in as the 16th Deputy Administrator of NASA, by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson is welcomed to NASA Headquarters by NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya and other members of agency leadership, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Anderson was sworn-in as the agency’s 16th Deputy Administrator during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building earlier this morning. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, right, welcomes NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson to NASA Headquarters along with other agency leadership, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Anderson was sworn-in as the agency’s 16th Deputy Administrator during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building earlier this morning. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks ahead of the swearing in of Matt Anderson as the agency’s 16th Deputy Administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks ahead of the swearing in of Matt Anderson as the agency’s 16th Deputy Administrator, Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, second from left, speaks with NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, right, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, second from right, and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, left, before attending NASA’s Air and Space Innovation Day event, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington. Cardman, Fincke, and Yui spent 167 days onboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 73 and 74. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)