Dana Hutcherson, a deputy manager in the Commercial Crew Program, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Allison Tankersley, NASA Communications, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Kayla Smith speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Brittany White, with Safety and Mission Assurance, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Jennifer Kunz, Kennedy Space Center’s associate director, technical, is the keynote speaker during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Kristina Irastorza, with the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, is a speaker during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Juan Miller Escandon, with Exploration Ground Systems, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Jennifer Kunz, Kennedy Space Center’s associate director, technical, is the keynote speaker during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Dana Hutcherson, a deputy manager in the Commercial Crew Program, delivers closing remarks during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Tim Dunn, NASA Launch Director with the Launch Services Program, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Lakesha Flowers, Human Resources representative, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 2, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Caitlin Dunlap, with the Engineering Directorate, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Jonathan Baker, Chief Financial Officer’s office, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

Steven Gilmore, NASA community planner, speaks to participants during an internal knowledge sharing program hosted by Launching Leaders at the Kennedy Learning Institute on May 3, 2023. Launching leaders is an employee resource group that works to identify opportunities to engage emerging professionals at Kennedy Space Center to stimulate the growth of leadership skills, increase overall employee satisfaction, and enhance retention.

NASA systems engineer, Daniel Eng, right, talks with student participants at the 2019 Aerospace Valley Robotics Competition at the Palmdale Aerospace Academy in Palmdale, California.

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, center, and NASA Deputy Chief Technologist David Steitz, left, talk with a Harding University student researcher about LED technology being used to track atmospheric composition, while attending “NASA Day in Arkansas” hosted at the university in Searcy, Arkansas on Jan. 27, 2020.

Guest Speaker, Monica Manning, Assistant Administrator, NASA Office of Procurement, talks about Procurement Transformation Activities at the 2020 Small Business Alliance meeting at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center's Davidson Center.

Scott Colloredo, deputy director of Engineering at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen, Tony Derbyshire and Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Tony Derbyshire, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Tony Derbyshire, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Tony Derbyshire speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 31, 2019, during the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Tony Derbyshire speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Tony Derbyshire, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

From left, Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen, Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance, Tony Derbyshire and Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems, participate in the fourth of a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

From left, Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen, Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance, Tony Derbyshire and Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems, participate in the fourth of a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees.

Kennedy Space Center’s Jennifer Lane participates the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen, Tony Derbyshire and Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Tony Derbyshire, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen (left) and Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance, participate in the fourth of a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire, Deputy Director of Engineering Scott Colloredo and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons.

Kennedy Space Center’s Jennifer Lane addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 31, 2019, during the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen, Tony Derbyshire and Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

From left, Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen, Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance, and Tony Derbyshire participate in the fourth of a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 31, 2019, inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Scott Colloredo, deputy director of Engineering, and Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems.

Kennedy Space Center’s Tony Derbyshire addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 31, 2019, during the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Johnny Nguyen and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 31, 2019, during the fourth in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this fourth session was employees, and additional speakers included Kennedy’s Tony Derbyshire and Deputy Manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Jeremy Parsons, with a skill-building section on vulnerability, authentic self and diverse inclusion by Ronnie Rodriguez.

Madison Tuttle, a social media lead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to co-workers inside the Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 10, 2019, during the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Jennifer Lane, Skyler Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Martin.

Madison Tuttle, a social media lead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to co-workers inside the Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 10, 2019, during the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Jennifer Lane, Skyler Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Martin.

Madison Tuttle, a social media lead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 10, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Jennifer Lane, Skyler Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Martin.

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Jennifer Kunz, director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, addresses Kennedy employees on Oct. 10, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Skyler Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Martin, with a skill-building section on networking in the digital age by Madison Tuttle.

Jennifer Kunz, director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, addresses Kennedy employees on Oct. 10, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Skyler Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Martin, with a skill-building section on networking in the digital age by Madison Tuttle.

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Jennifer Kunz, director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, addresses Kennedy employees on Oct. 10, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Skyler Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Martin, with a skill-building section on networking in the digital age by Madison Tuttle.

Susan Kroskey, chief financial officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Oct. 17, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

NASA Administrator Bridenstine learns about the many uses for mission control rooms for flight research projects such as monitoring the flights for safety, gathering data and talking to the pilot and project researcher.

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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Kay Hire talks to students in Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla. She joined Center Director Jim Kennedy in sharing the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Kay Hire talks to students in Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla. She joined Center Director Jim Kennedy in sharing the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

Outgoing NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (left) talks with host Leigh D’Angelo during NASA TV live coverage from Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on Jan. 16, 2021. D’Angelo, from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in nearby New Orleans, hosted the NASA TV coverage prior to the hot fire test of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System rocket. The hot fire test of the stage’s four RS-25 engines generated a combined 1.6 million pounds of thrust, just as will occur during an actual launch. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the SLS core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Sen. Bill Nelson talks to the media at the NASA KSC News Center about the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report released today.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Sen. Bill Nelson talks to the media at the NASA KSC News Center about the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report released today.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine asks commercial companies to help get the agency back to the Moon as quickly as possible during an ‘industry day', Tuesday, May 8, 2018 held at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA is calling for commercial proposals for delivering instruments, experiments, and other small payloads to the surface of the Moon as early as next year. This solicitation is part of a broader Exploration Campaign that will pave the way for a human return to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine asks commercial companies to help get the agency back to the Moon as quickly as possible during an ‘industry day', Tuesday, May 8, 2018 held at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA is calling for commercial proposals for delivering instruments, experiments, and other small payloads to the surface of the Moon as early as next year. This solicitation is part of a broader Exploration Campaign that will pave the way for a human return to the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to students in Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla. Kennedy made the trip with NASA astronaut Kay Hire to share the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to radio station WFLA-AM and Florida Radio Network about his trip to Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla. Kennedy made the trip with NASA astronaut Kay Hire to share the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to WTSP-ABC News about his trip to Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla. Kennedy made the trip with NASA astronaut Kay Hire to share the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Warren Elly (left), with WTVT-TV, Fox News, talks with Center Director Jim Kennedy at Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla. Kennedy was joined by astronaut Kay Hire in sharing the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Newly appointed KSC Director James W. Kennedy (second from left) and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (right) talk to the media following the launch of the Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" at the Trident Basin berm press site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Newly appointed KSC Director James W. Kennedy (left) and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (center) talk to the media following the launch of the Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" at the Trident Basin berm press site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Newly appointed KSC Director James W. Kennedy (left) and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (right) talk to the media following the launch of the Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" at the Trident Basin berm press site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

This chart illustrates how NASA Curiosity rover talks to Earth. While the rover can send direct messages, it communicates more efficiently with the help of spacecraft in orbit, including NASA Odyssey and MRO, and European Space Agency Mars Express.

Host Leigh D’Angelo (left) talks with NASA Space Launch System core stage engineer Alex Cagnola from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, during NASA TV live coverage from Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on Jan. 16, 2021. D’Angelo, also from Michoud Assembly Facility, hosted the NASA TV coverage prior to the hot fire test of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System rocket. The hot fire test of the stage’s four RS-25 engines generated a combined 1.6 million pounds of thrust, just as will occur during an actual launch. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the SLS core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.

Jennifer Boland-Masterson, director of Boeing Operations at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, talks with media prior to the Green Run hot fire test of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on Jan. 16, 2021. NASA conducted a hot fire test of the core stage’s four RS-25 engines on the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis. Scheduled for as long as eight minutes, the engines fired for a little more than one minute to generate a combined 1.6 million pounds of thrust, just as will occur during an actual launch. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the SLS core stage prior to launching the Artemis I mission to the Moon.

Dr. Kate Calvin, NASA's chief scientist and senior climate advisor, speaks at the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. Kate Calvin, NASA's chief scientist and senior climate advisor, speaks at the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. Kate Calvin, NASA's chief scientist and senior climate advisor, speaks at the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bridenstine talks to press at Scaled Composites hangar at Mojave Air & Space Port in California. He talks about X-planes and their future and the Flight Opportunities program as well as commercial space partnerships with the agency.

NASA Administrator Bridenstine talks to press at Scaled Composites hangar at Mojave Air & Space Port in California. He talks about X-planes and their future and the Flight Opportunities program as well as commercial space partnerships with the agency.

John Honeycutt talks with reporters on NASA Barge Pegasus

John Honeycutt talks with reporters on NASA Barge Pegasus

John Honeycutt talks with reporters on NASA Barge Pegasus

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with NASA Curiosity Mars rover team aboard Air Force One during a flight to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Aug. 13, 2012. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

NASA astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test Pilot Suni Williams Suni Williams uses a HAM radio and talks to students from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, answering their questions about life in space and other space related subjects aboard the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-126 Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper talks with Kennedy workers after the crew's presentation of shared experiences during the mission. In the background is Mission Specialist Donald Pettit talking to workers. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitrios Gerondidakis

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, right, being briefed on student-developed precision atmospheric laser technology mounted on a remotely-operated rover at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, while attending “NASA Day in Arkansas” hosted at the university on Jan. 27, 2020.

School children from Punta Arenas, Chile, talk with Dr. David Imel, an AirSAR scientist from NASA JPL, during AirSAR 2004. AirSAR 2004 is a three-week expedition by an international team of scientists that uses an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR) which is located onboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory. Scientists from many parts of the world including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are combining ground research done in several areas in Central and South America with NASA's AirSAR technology to improve and expand on the quality of research they are able to conduct. In South America and Antarctica, AirSAR collected imagery and data to help determine the contribution of Southern Hemisphere glaciers to sea level rise due to climate change. In Patagonia, researchers found this contribution had more than doubled from 1995 to 2000, compared to the previous 25 years. AirSAR data will make it possible to determine whether that trend is continuing or accelerating. AirSAR will also provide reliable information on ice shelf thickness to measure the contribution of the glaciers to sea level.

NASA Dryden Mission Manager Walter Klein talks with school children from Punta Arenas, Chile, during a tour of the DC-8 aircraft while it was in the country supporting the AirSAR 2004 campaign. AirSAR 2004 is a three-week expedition by an international team of scientists that uses an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR) which is located onboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory. Scientists from many parts of the world including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are combining ground research done in several areas in Central and South America with NASA's AirSAR technology to improve and expand on the quality of research they are able to conduct. In South America and Antarctica, AirSAR collected imagery and data to help determine the contribution of Southern Hemisphere glaciers to sea level rise due to climate change. In Patagonia, researchers found this contribution had more than doubled from 1995 to 2000, compared to the previous 25 years. AirSAR data will make it possible to determine whether that trend is continuing or accelerating. AirSAR will also provide reliable information on ice shelf thickness to measure the contribution of the glaciers to sea level.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Leland Melvin talks to students at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School. He accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., who is visiting to the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At University Community Academy in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School, astronaut Leland Melvin talks to students. Melvin accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (right), who was visiting the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At University Community Academy in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School, astronaut Leland Melvin talks to students. Melvin accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., who was visiting the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At University Community Academy in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School, astronaut Leland Melvin talks to students. Melvin accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., who was visiting the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At University Community Academy in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School, astronaut Leland Melvin talks to students. Melvin accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., who was visiting the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At University Community Academy in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School, KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. talks to students and staff. Dr. Whitlow was visiting the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. Melvin talked about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success.

Astronaut Mike Hopkins talks to students during the NASA Experience opening ceremony at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California.

Yuri's Night 2009 held at the California Acaemy of Sciences in San Francisco, California NASA Astronaut Stephen Robinson talk to the crowd.

John Glenn talking with NASA Langley's Center Directory J.E.Reid with capsule model during inspection.

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. - In the Columbia Debris Hangar, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left) talks to members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG) about reconstruction efforts. Chairing the task group are Richard O. Covey (second from right), former Space Shuttle commander, and Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla., is the site where Center Director Jim Kennedy and astronaut Kay Hire shared the agency’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

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.

Carlos Garcia-Galan, deputy manager of NASA’s Gateway Program, talks with college students about NASA internship opportunities after delivering a keynote address on Gateway, Artemis, and the next era of human space exploration at the 2025 Arizona NASA Space Grant Consortium Statewide Student Research Symposium, held April 18, 2025, at Arizona State University.

Kennedy Space Center’s Dave Grau addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 17, 2019, during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards and Mike Williams, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Kennedy Space Center’s Christine Shepperd addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 17, 2019, during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau, with a skill-building section on active listening and negotiating by Tim Bass.

Kennedy Space Center’s Tim Bass addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 17, 2019, during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau.

Kennedy Space Center’s Stephanie Martin speaks at the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Oct. 10, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Jennifer Lane and Skyler Kleinschmidt, with a skill-building section on networking in the digital age by Madison Tuttle.

Kennedy Space Center’s Stephanie Martin addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 10, 2019, during the second in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this second session was collaboration, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Jennifer Lane and Skyler Kleinschmidt, with a skill-building section on networking in the digital age by Madison Tuttle.

Kennedy Space Center’s Tim Bass addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Oct. 17, 2019, during the third in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this third session was customers, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Ryan Richards, Mike Williams and Dave Grau.