NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Deputy Associate Administrator Lesa Roe at All Hands in the Noels Hinners Auditorium

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders addresses Kennedy Space Center employees during a Town Hall session at the Florida spaceport on May 28, 2019. Saunders, along with NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk, provided an update on the agency’s Exploration campaign, current missions and NASA’s operating model initiatives. As part of its Artemis program, NASA is charged with landing the first American woman and next American man at the South Pole of the Moon by 2024.

NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders, left, and Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk participate in a Town Hall session at Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2019. The agency senior leaders provided an update on the agency’s Exploration campaign, current missions and NASA’s operating model initiatives. As part of its Artemis program, NASA is charged with landing the first American woman and next American man at the South Pole of the Moon by 2024.

Employees listen to remarks from NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders, left, and Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk during a Town Hall session at Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2019. The agency senior leaders provided an update on the agency’s Exploration campaign, current missions and NASA’s operating model initiatives. As part of its Artemis program, NASA is charged with landing the first American woman and next American man at the South Pole of the Moon by 2024.

Employees listen to remarks from NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders, left, and Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk during a Town Hall session at Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2019. The agency senior leaders provided an update on the agency’s Exploration campaign, current missions and NASA’s operating model initiatives. Jurczyk stressed that NASA is committed to meeting the mandate of returning American astronauts to the Moon, and on to Mars.

NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Jaiwon Shin talked to staff and managers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California March 17 about the New Horizons initiative. The 10-year plan could substantially improve aviation and provide major economic benefits.

Official portrait of NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, center, is seen along with Meredith McKay, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations, left, and NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, during a meeting with German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Official Portrait, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, left, German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, center, and NASA Chief off Staff Brian Hughes, pose for a picture, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, before a meeting at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya is seen during a meeting with German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, is seen during a meeting with German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free (left) and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (right) stand in front of the newly unveiled X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT LIGHTFOOT HELD AN ALL-HANDS MEETING WITH TEAM MEMBERS AT THE MARSHALL CENTER ON JAN. 14, 2015. LIGHTFOOT, JOINED BY NASA DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR LESA ROE, DISCUSSED THE YEAR AHEAD FOR THE AGENCY AND DEFINED A CAPABILITY LEADERSHIP MODEL WHICH INCLUDED RESULTS FROM THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF THE AGENCY'S TECHNICAL CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT TEAM.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana speaks during a Strengthening Acquisition and Program Management at the Agency fireside chat, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana speaks during a Strengthening Acquisition and Program Management at the Agency fireside chat, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

In July 2021, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana visits Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California to see the assembly of the X-59 QueSST.

In July 2021, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana visits Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California to see the assembly of the X-59 QueSST.

In July 2021, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana visits Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California to see the assembly of the X-59 QueSST.

In July 2021, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana visits Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California to see the assembly of the X-59 QueSST.

In July 2021, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana visits Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California to see the assembly of the X-59 QueSST.

In July 2021, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana visits Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California to see the assembly of the X-59 QueSST.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA officials brief the media at KSC about the agency’s human space flight program. On the panel (left to right) are NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory and Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

Steve Shih, NASA associate administrator for Diversity & Equal Opportunity, addresses NASA team members during a Nov. 6 mentoring event at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center. Shih discussed ways for team members on both sides of the mentoring equation to get the most out of the experience.

Janet Petro, director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, participates in a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 0202, at the space center in Florida. NASA senior leadership also participating were NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

NASA senior leaders participate in a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Kennedy Center Director Janet Petro; NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

NASA senior leaders participate in a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

Kennedy Space Center employees attend a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at the space center in Florida. Panelists included Janet Petro, director of the space center; NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; and Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson are seen during a wreath laying ceremony, as a part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, are seen following a wreath laying ceremony, as a part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, shakes hands with Richard Danne after awarding him the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for his outstanding achievement in creating the NASA worm logotype, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, poses for a photo with Richard Danne after awarding him the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for his outstanding achievement in creating the NASA worm logotype, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana delivers remarks during a dedication event for Richard Danne, creator of the NASA worm logotype, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana delivers remarks during a dedication event for Richard Danne, creator of the NASA worm logotype, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Bob Pearce speaks on stage prior to the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Bob Pearce speaks on stage prior to the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Bob Pearce speaks on stage prior to the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

The astronaut themed socks of NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana are seen during a Moon to Mars Town Hall, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Leah Martin, NASA Communications, moderates a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants from the agency’s senior leadership team were Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures, participates in a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA senior leaders also participating were NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; and Janet Petro, director of Kennedy Space Center. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana participates in a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA senior leaders also participating were NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; and Janet Petro, director of Kennedy Space Center. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

NASA senior leaders answer questions during a town hall discussion on Nov. 29, 2022, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Kennedy Center Director Janet Petro; NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Kurt Vogel, director of NASA Space Architectures; Cathy Koerner, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development; and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. Discussion centered around NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, Kennedy’s role in deep space exploration, and the path forward in the coming months and years.

William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, speaks during an Exploration Forum showcasing NASA's human exploration path to Mars in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks during an Exploration Forum showcasing NASA's human exploration path to Mars in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Sumara Thompson-King is seen here being sworn in by Robert Lightfoot, Associate Administrator (left) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on June 2, 2014. Thompson-King assumed the role of General Counsel on Sunday, June 1, 2014 after Michael Wholley, former General Counsel, retired. She started her career at NASA in the Office of Chief Counsel at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD in 1986. In 1991, she became a senior attorney at NASA Headquarters and in 1995 was promoted to the Deputy Associate General Counsel (Contracts) position. She is the first woman and first African American to serve as General Counsel at NASA Headquarters. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Sumara Thompson-King is seen here after being sworn in by Robert Lightfoot, Associate Administrator (left) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on June 2, 2014. Thompson-King assumed the role of General Counsel on Sunday, June 1, 2014 after Michael Wholley, former General Counsel, retired. She started her career at NASA in the Office of Chief Counsel at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD in 1986. In 1991, she became a senior attorney at NASA Headquarters and in 1995 was promoted to the Deputy Associate General Counsel (Contracts) position. She is the first woman and first African American to serve as General Counsel at NASA Headquarters. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA officials brief the media at KSC about the agency’s human space flight program. At left is moderator Allard Beutel, with NASA Headquarters. Others on the panel (left to right) are NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, third from left, joins Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, second from left, on Oct. 29, 2021, at the center for a briefing on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission. The briefing was moderated by Megan Cruz, far left, NASA Communications. Also participating were Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator; Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations; and NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Megan Cruz, NASA Communications, moderates a briefing on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission, featuring NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. Participants included Kennedy Director Janet Petro, Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations; and NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Director Jim Kennedy (left) and incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow talk about One NASA during the rollout of the Agency initiative at KSC. They were joined at the IMAX Theater® by other NASA leaders James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson to explain how their respective centers contribute to One NASA. Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA leaders discuss the Agency’s One NASA initiative with selected employees at the KSC Visitor Complex IMAX Theater®. From left are KSC Director Jim Kennedy; James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson. Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- United Space Alliance (USA) Vice President and Associate Program Manager of Florida Operations Bill Pickavance (left front) and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Station and Shuttle Programs Michael Kostelnik (right front) tour a solid rocket booster (SRB) retrieval ship at Cape Canaveral. NASA and USA Space Shuttle program management are participating in a leadership workday. The day is intended to provide management with an in-depth, hands-on look at Shuttle processing activities at KSC.

German Minister for Research, Technology, and Space Dorothee Bär is seen during a meeting with NASA leadership, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Personnel viewing AirSAR hardware while touring the outside of NASA's DC-8 during a stop-off on the AirSAR 2004 Mesoamerica campaign, L-R: Fernando Gutierrez, Costa Rican Minister of Science and Technology(MICIT); NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe; Dr. Gahssem Asrar, NASA Associate Administrator for Earth Science Enterprises; JPL scientist Bruce Chapman; and Craig Dobson, NASA Program Manager for AirSAR. AirSAR 2004 Mesoamerica is a three-week expedition by an international team of scientists that will use an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR), in a mission ranging from the tropical rain forests of Central America to frigid Antarctica.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana is introduced during a Crew-4 press briefing April 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard the SpaceX Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket on April 27, 2022, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 3:52 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A.

Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington, is introduced during a Crew-4 press briefing April 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard the SpaceX Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket on April 27, 2022, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 3:52 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Director of External Relations and Business Development JoAnn Morgan talks with Dr. Adena Williams Loston at a reception and dinner at the Debus Conference Center June 6. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002. KSC Director Roy Bridges Jr. also attended the reception to welcome Loston during her visit to the Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Adena Williams Loston (left) addresses attendees at a reception and dinner in her honor at the Debus Conference Center June 6. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. introduces Dr. Adena Williams Loston at a reception and dinner in her honor at the Debus Conference Center June 6. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Adena Williams Loston (center) talks to attendees (left) of a reception and dinner in her honor at the Debus Conference Center June 6. With her are Director of External Relations and Business Development JoAnn Morgan and Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002.

Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, CCP, speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. In the background, from left, are: Janet Petro, director, NASA Kennedy; Bob Cabana, associate administrator, NASA; and Bill Nelson, administrator, NASA. Crew-7 will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin outlines the President's budget for fiscal year 2007 during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Griffin was joined by the heads of NASA's four mission directorates to explain how the proposed $16.8 billion dollar budget supports the Vision for Space Exploration. Seated left to right: Scott Horowitz, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems, William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations, Lisa Porter, NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research and Mary Cleave, NASA Associate Administrator for Science. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Eugene Tu, center director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, offers his opening remarks to the Ames workforce during the “Moon to Mars” town hall in the N201 Syvertson Auditorium. Town hall panel, seated right to left, are NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, Director of Space Architectures Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in the Science Mission Directorate Joel Kearns, Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs in the Space Technology Mission Directorate Walt Engelund, and Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Cathy Koerner.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, front, talks to the workforce at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley during the “Moon to Mars” town hall in the N201 Syvertson Auditorium. Behind him, left to right, are Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, AmesCenter Director Eugene Tu, Director of Space Architectures Kurt “Spuds” Vogel, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in the Science Mission Directorate Joel Kearns, Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs in the Space Technology Mission Directorate Walt Engelund, and Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Cathy Koerner.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dryden Flight Research Center Director Kevin Peterson talks about One NASA during the rollout of the Agency initiative at KSC. The event was held at the IMAX Theater® where NASA leaders discussed One NASA with selected employees. Explaining how their respective centers contribute to One NASA, along with Peterson, were KSC Director Jim Kennedy, James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson. Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC’s incoming Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow speaks to employees and guests during the rollout at KSC of the Agency initiative One NASA . The event was held at the IMAX Theater® where NASA leaders discussed One NASA with selected employees. Explaining how their respective centers contribute to One NASA, along with Whitlow, were KSC Director Jim Kennedy; James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson. Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the rollout of the One NASA initiative at KSC, Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls embraces implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson while KSC Director Jim Kennedy (left) applauds. Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center. The event was held at the IMAX Theater® where NASA leaders discussed One NASA with selected employees. Explaining how their respective centers contribute to One NASA, along with Kennedy and Earls, were James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Director Jim Kennedy and Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls share the stage during the rollout of the One NASA initiative at KSC. Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center. The event was held at the IMAX Theater® where NASA leaders discussed One NASA with selected employees. Explaining how their respective centers contribute to One NASA, along with Kennedy and Earls, were James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson.

NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Bob Pearce, left, NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Kathy Lueders, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate Jim Reuter, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Mission Support Directorate Bob Gibbs, right, participate in a media gaggle, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Nelson, and other NASA leadership, answered reporters questions following a State of NASA event where Nelson remarked on his long history with NASA, and among other topics, discussed the agency’s plans for future Earth-focused missions to address climate change and a robotic and human return to the Moon through the Artemis program, as well as announcing two new planetary science missions to Venus – VERITAS and DAVINCI+. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, 3rd from left, shakes hands with Incoming NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails look on at the conclusion of a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, in front, left, along with Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, wait to greet NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 crewmembers as they exit the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 26, 2023. Also in view in the second row, from left are Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator, and Pam Melroy, NASA deputy administrator. In view in the third row, middle, is Kelvin Manning, Kennedy deputy director. The Crew-6 astronauts will board two Tesla vehicles for transport to Launch Complex 39A for launch to the International Space Station aboard the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour atop the Falcon 9 rocket. Launch was targeted for 1:45 a.m. EST on Feb. 27 from Launch Complex 39A, but was scrubbed for the day. Crew-6 is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bettina Inclán moderates a NASA town hall event with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Douglas Loverro, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, is seen during during an event unveiling a new exhibit featuring Hubble's Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) and the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Grunsfeld flew on three of space shuttle servicing missions to Hubble, including the fifth and final mission in 2009 which returned COSTAR and WFPC2 to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks during an event unveiling a new exhibit featuring Hubble's Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) and the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Grunsfeld flew on three of space shuttle servicing missions to Hubble, including the fifth and final mission in 2009 which returned COSTAR and WFPC2 to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks during during an event unveiling a new exhibit featuring Hubble's Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) and the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Grunsfeld flew on three of space shuttle servicing missions to Hubble, including the fifth and final mission in 2009 which returned COSTAR and WFPC2 to Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA’s Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science, speaks to employees and guests during the rollout at KSC of the Agency initiative One NASA . The event was held at the IMAX Theater®. Explaining how their respective centers contribute to One NASA, along with Weiler, were KSC Director Jim Kennedy; James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson. Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Center Director Roy D. Bridges receives the applause of NASA officials and a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. From left are Bridges, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, NASA Associate Administrator of Space Flight William F. Readdy, and KSC Deputy Director James W. Kennedy. The occasion is the announcement of Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) Space Shuttle program managers attend a briefing, part of activities during a leadership workday. The day is intended to provide management with an in-depth, hands-on look at Shuttle processing activities at KSC. Starting third from left are NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Station and Shuttle Programs Michael Kostelnik, USA Vice President and Space Shuttle Program Manager Howard DeCastro, NASA Space Shuttle Program Manager William Parsons, and USA Associate Program Manager of Ground Operations Andy Allen.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana speaks during a briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Kathy Lueders speaks during a briefing for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 29, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon atop is scheduled to launch Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Crew Dragon will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Panelists were from left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free; and NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free participates in a social media panel discussion inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A is targeted for 12:04 a.m. on Friday, March 1.

NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES BOLDEN PRESENTS CENTER LEADERS WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR’S CUP. PARTICIPATING IN THE AWARD CEREMONY WERE, FROM LEFT, MARSHALL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ROBIN HENDERSON, DAVID IOSCO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARSHALL’S OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT; MARSHALL SMALL BUSINESS SPECIALIST DAVID BROCK; MARSHALL CENTER DIRECTOR PATRICK SCHEUERMANN; GLENN DELGADO, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA’S OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS; KIM WHITSON, DIRECTOR OF MARSHALL’S OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT; NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES BOLDEN; AND TERRY WILCUTT, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA’S OFFICE OF SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (left) and NASA Associate Administrator of Space Flight William F. Readdy address a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, and NASA Associate Administrator of Space Flight William F. Readdy share a light moment on the stage in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. From left are Readdy, KSC Center Director Roy D. Bridges, and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director James W. Kennedy (left) and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe shake hands before a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy applauds, at right. The occasion is the announcement of Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, right, is seen alongside Dwight Deneal, assistant administrator for NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs, second from right, and Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator, as he speaks with Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler during a visit to the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot, left, talks as NASA Associate Administrator Science John Grunsfeld, Ph.D, second from left, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology, Mike Gazarik, Ph.D, and, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, William Gerstenmaier, right, look on during the Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Washington. During the event NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other senior NASA officials discussed the progress being made on NASA's mission to capture, redirect, and explore an asteroid. NASA also announced an Asteroid Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, William Gerstenmaier, right, talks as NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot, left, NASA Associate Administrator Science John Grunsfeld, Ph.D, second from left, and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology, Mike Gazarik, Ph.D, look on during the Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Washington. During the event NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other senior NASA officials discussed the progress being made on NASA's mission to capture, redirect, and explore an asteroid. NASA also announced an Asteroid Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, left, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate Ken Bowersox, and NASA Director of the International Space Station and acting director of the Commercial Spaceflight Division, Robyn Gatens, react as they watch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splash down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier, second from left, acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, second from right, acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, right, are seen during a NASA town hall on the amendment to the fiscal year 2020 budget request that supports the agency’s plan to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024, Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)