Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson Speaks at Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Air and Space Summit in McLean, Va.

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)

Jared Isaacman at Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom with DLR Walther Pelz­er and Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson

Jared Isaacman at Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom with DLR Walther Pelz­er and Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson

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)

Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, right, shakes hands with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with the Republic of Botswana Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Foreign Affairs for Serbia Marko Đurić, center, joined by NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, and Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, right, signs the Artemis Accords Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Foreign Affairs for Serbia Marko Đurić, right, joined by NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, signs the Artemis Accords Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Foreign Affairs for Serbia Marko Đurić, right, shakes hands with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

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)

From left to right, Senior Advisor on Space for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Greg Autry, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, and Acting Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States Mabedi Ngwenya pose for a photo following an Artemis Accords signing ceremony with the Republic of Botswana Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Acting Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States Mabedi Ngwenya, right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony with the Republic of Botswana alongside, from left to right, Senior Advisor on Space for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Greg Autry, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, and Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, center, signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with the Republic of Botswana alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, and Acting Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States Mabedi Ngwenya, right, Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, center, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony with the Republic of Botswana alongside Senior Advisor on Space for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Greg Autry, left, and Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, right, Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

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, right, greets, from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić prior to an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, greets, from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, and Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac prior to an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Expedition 75 NASA astronaut Anil Menon walks with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, to board the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft for launch with Roscosmos cosmonauts Anna Kikina, and Pyotr Dubrov, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 75 NASA astronaut Anil Menon walks with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, to board the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft for launch with Roscosmos cosmonauts Anna Kikina, and Pyotr Dubrov, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, center, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony with the Republic of Botswana alongside Senior Advisor on Space for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Greg Autry, second from left, Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, second from right, and Acting Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States Mabedi Ngwenya, right, Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere, second from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony with the Republic of Botswana alongside Acting Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States Mabedi Ngwenya, right, Senior Advisor on Space for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Greg Autry, second from left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, third from right, Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, fourth from right, delivers remarks alongside, seated from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, and State Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technological Development & Innovation Marija Gnjatović, during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, third from right, delivers remarks alongside, seated from left to right, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Wesley Brooks, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, and State Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technological Development & Innovation Marija Gnjatović, during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, listen as NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 crewmember Anil Menon, third from left, and Deniz Burnham, Expedition 75 backup crewmember, right, speak from quarantine, Monday, July 13, 2026, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 75 crewmembers NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina are scheduled to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on July 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov, left, Roscosmos Director of Human Spaceflight Programs Sergei Krikalev, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, are seen as they await the arrival of the Expedition 75 crew: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, to boarding the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft for launch, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. 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)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, speak with Expedition 75 crewmembers NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina following pressure checks of their Russian Sokul suits before launch, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch will send NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, right, talk with Roscosmos Director of Human Spaceflight Programs Sergei Krikalev, seated 2nd from left, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov, seated 3rd from left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, 5th from left, after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked as they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, foreground left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, background right, talk with Roscosmos Director of Human Spaceflight Programs Sergei Krikalev, seated 2nd from left, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov, seated 3rd from left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, 5th from left, after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked as they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, fourth from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić, center, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Ambassador of Serbia to the Unites States Dragan Šutanovac, second from right, delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Serbia is the 69th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)