NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during a workforce Q&A session, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Johnson marks the seventh stop in Isaacman’s roadshow to visit NASA facilities and engage directly with the agency’s workforce. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, speaks during a workforce Q&A session, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Johnson marks the seventh stop in Isaacman’s roadshow to visit NASA facilities and engage directly with the agency’s workforce. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during a workforce Q&A session, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Johnson marks the seventh stop in Isaacman’s roadshow to visit NASA facilities and engage directly with the agency’s workforce. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, greets members of the workforce, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Johnson marks the seventh stop in Isaacman’s roadshow to visit NASA facilities and engage directly with the agency’s workforce. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
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jsc2024e077054_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Chris Williams poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives remarks during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Members of NASA’s communications team react to the successful splashdown of the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission, Friday, Apr. 10, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
jsc2024e077064_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Sergey Mikaev poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2025e065956 (July 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2025e065929 (July 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2026e011688 (March 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, Artemis III mission specialist, is introduced during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Artemis III mission specialist, is introduced during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Artemis III commander, is introduced during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, Artemis III pilot, is introduced during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, watches as NASA astronaut Michael Fincke egresses the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Isaacman, NASA astronauts, and agency leadership monitored the 3:41 a.m. ET splashdown and subsequent crew egress from the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
George Alderman, NASA deputy press secretary, left, speaks during a press conference as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, and Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, right, listen, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, following the splashdown of the agency’s Crew-11 mission at 3:41 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, speaks with Rachel Krause, SPARTAN (Station Power, Articulation, Thermal, and Analysis) flight controller, right, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, inside the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, following splashdown of the agency’s Crew-11 mission at 3:41 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, greets Katie Burlingame, ETHOS (Environmental and Thermal Operating Systems) flight controller and instructor, left, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, inside the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, following splashdown of the agency’s Crew-11 mission at 3:41 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
jsc2025e032539 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Suni Williams returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station and is greeted by Steve Koerner, Johnson's acting center director. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks during the 2018 Agency Honor Awards ceremony, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
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Josh Litofsky leads a Gateway lunar dust adhesion testing campaign at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. His team studies how lunar dust interacts with materials chosen for Gateway's construction. Here, Litofsky carefully positions a sample holder inside a vacuum chamber. Litofksy’s work seeks to validate the Gateway On-orbit Lunar Dust Modeling and Analysis Program (GOLDMAP), developed by Ronald Lee, also of Johnson Space Center. By considering factors such as the design and configuration of the space station, the materials used, and the unique conditions in lunar orbit, GOLDMAP helps predict how dust may move and settle on Gateway’s external surfaces.
jsc2025e041765 (April 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit participates in a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He discussed his mission aboard the International Space Station where he lived and worked for 220 days as an Expedition 72 Flight Engineer.
jsc2025e041770 (April 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit participates in a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He discussed his mission aboard the International Space Station where he lived and worked for 220 days as an Expedition 72 Flight Engineer.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Donald Trump speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Expedition 75 spouses Duke Brady and NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon listen, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, seated left, and NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, seated right participate in a media roundtable in front of the Orion test crew capsule for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump shakes hands with NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman watches during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the NASA workforce during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, listens, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
A young space enthusiast dressed as an astronaut watches as Artemis III crew members NASA astronauts Bob Hines, backup crew member; Randy Bresnik, commander; Andre Douglas, mission specialist; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, mission specialist, appear on stage following the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks prior to introducing Vice President Mike Pence in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks prior to introducing Vice President Mike Pence in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, speaks with ground controllers Anthony Ayes, center, and Josh Kantara, right, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, inside the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, following splashdown of the agency’s Crew-11 mission at 3:41 a.m. ET. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Artemis III crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Artemis III crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Artemis III crew members NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen on stage before their crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Artemis III crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist, are seen during the Artemis III crew announcement event, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
jsc2025e032541 (March 18, 2025) --- After completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston and is greeted by Steve Koerner, acting center director, and Norm Knight, acting deputy center director. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, speaks with Vice President Mike Pence and NASA astronaut Suni Williams during a tour of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
jsc2024e077067_alt (Nov. 25, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
iss075e0039440 (Aug. 16, 2026) --- Houston, Texas, the home of NASA's Johnson Space Center near Galveston Bay (center), is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Lone Star State. Credit: NASA
NASA Apollo astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt touches a Moon rock display during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA astronaut Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Lori Glaze, associate administrator for NASA's Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate, speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Norm Knight, director of NASA's Flight Operations Directorate, speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA astronaut Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA astronaut Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
The Congressional Space Medal of Honor awarded to NASA astronaut Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is seen, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Apollo astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA astronaut Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman listen to Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Expedition 75 spouses Duke Brady and NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon listen, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Expedition 75 spouse NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon listen, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Expedition 75 spouses Duke Brady and NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon listen, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Expedition 75 spouses Duke Brady and NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon listen, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
A Moon rock is seen on display during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
U.S. Representative Brian Babin of Texas's 36th congressional district speaks during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman listen as Duke Brady, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Jessica Meir, speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman greet NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Anil Menon, and Duke Brady, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Jessica Meir, during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
jsc2025e032542 (March 18, 2025) --- After completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Nick Hague returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston with Chief of the Astronaut Office, Joe Acaba and is greeted by Steve Koerner, acting center director. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, speaks with members of the prime and backup Artemis III crew, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis III crew consists of, from left to right, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, mission specialist, and Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Bob Hines, backup crew member, and Andre Douglas, mission specialist. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen, left, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, and Orion Program Manager Mark Kirasich, right, are seen inside the Orion test crew capsule for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Donald Trump recieves a NASA flight suit jacket from the Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts mission specialist Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut mission specialist Jeremy Hansen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, is shown the Orion test crew capsule that will be used for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test by Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen, 2nd from left, with Orion Program Manager Mark Kirasich, and NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, right, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
President Donald Trump, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Duke Brady, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Jessica Meir, listen as NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Anil Menon, speaks with Expedition 75 crewmembers Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon, and Jessica Meir on board the International Space Station during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
jsc2025e032543 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore receives a warm welcome at Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston from NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Woody Hoburg after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
Boeing Defense, Space and Security President and CEO Leanne Caret receives an American flag from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The flag is to be flown to the International Space Station onboard the test flight of Starliner and retrieved later during the first mission of the Starliner. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after being intruduced prior to speaking in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
jsc2026e006041 (Feb. 10, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session at Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/James Blair
President Donald Trump greets NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Anil Menon, and Duke Brady, spouse of Expedition 75 crew member Jessica Meir, during a visit to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
NASA Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen, right, talks to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine outside of the Orion test crew capsule that will be used for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, listens as Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen discusses the Orion test crew capsule that will be used for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, listens as Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen discusses the Orion test crew capsule that will be used for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, is shown the Orion test crew capsule that will be used for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test by Orion AA-2 Crew Module Manager Dr. Jon Olansen, 2nd from left, as Orion Program Manager Mark Kirasich, right, looks on, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2025e032672 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Suni Williams returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
jsc2025e032540 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore receives a warm welcome at Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
jsc2025e032669 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Suni Williams returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman shakes hands with President Donald Trump during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
jsc2024e077037_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- Expedition 74 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev pose for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
SpaceX President and Chief Operation Officer Gwynne Shotwell receives an American flag from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The flag is to be flown to the International Space Station onboard SpaceX’s Demo-2 crew flight test and retrieved later during the SpaceX Crew Dragon first mission to station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams speaks with Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a tour of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
President Donald Trump hands NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman the pen used to sign the executive order establishing the United States Space Academy during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew as Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, watches, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)
President Donald Trump presents an executive order establishing the United States Space Academy during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew as Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, left; Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, third from left; and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, applaud, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Artemis II crew completed their approximately ten-day mission around the Moon in April 2026 and are the 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th astronauts to receive the award. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)