NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari climbs into a NASA T-38 aircraft, Friday, July 12, 2019 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari poses for a portrait, Friday, July 12, 2019 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari poses for a portrait, Friday, July 12, 2019 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Raja Chari poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari taxies his NASA T-38 aircraft, Friday, July 12, 2019 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2017e114853 (Aug. 22, 2017) --- 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Raja Chari.
iss067e000137 (April 1, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Raja Chari conducts operations for the Food Physiology space nutrition experiment inside the portable glovebag.
NASA astronaut Raja Chari speaks at an all-hands for employees following the State of NASA address, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Raja Chari participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station to ensure its comfort and safety when astronauts live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions. PHOTO DATE: February 09, 2022. LOCATION: Bldg. 15 - VR Lab SUBJECT: VR Technology for Interior Gateway Training with astronaut Raja Chari. Photo Credit: NASA / Josh Valcarcel
iss067e000334 (March 30, 2022) --- The International Space Station was orbiting just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean when Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Raja Chari photographed NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The agency's two launch pads, 39A (at top) and 39B (at bottom), are clearly seen on the beach. Standing at launch pad 39B is NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop. The rocket is being prepared for the uncrewed Artemis I mission "that will demonstrate NASA’s commitment and capacity to extend humanity’s presence on the Moon – and beyond."
iss067e000332 (March 30, 2022) --- The International Space Station was orbiting just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean when Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Raja Chari photographed NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The agency's two launch pads, 39A (at top) and 39B (at bottom), are clearly seen on the beach. Standing at launch pad 39B is NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop. The rocket is being prepared for the uncrewed Artemis I mission "that will demonstrate NASA’s commitment and capacity to extend humanity’s presence on the Moon – and beyond."
iss067e000338 (March 30, 2022) --- The International Space Station was orbiting just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean when Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Raja Chari photographed NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The agency's two launch pads, 39A (at top) and 39B (at bottom), are clearly seen on the beach. Standing at launch pad 39B is NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop. The rocket is being prepared for the uncrewed Artemis I mission "that will demonstrate NASA’s commitment and capacity to extend humanity’s presence on the Moon – and beyond."
iss067e000331 (March 30, 2022) --- The International Space Station was orbiting just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean when Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Raja Chari photographed NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The agency's two launch pads, 39A (at top) and 39B (at bottom), are clearly seen on the beach. Standing at launch pad 39B is NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop. The rocket is being prepared for the uncrewed Artemis I mission "that will demonstrate NASA’s commitment and capacity to extend humanity’s presence on the Moon – and beyond."
U.S. Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), left, speaks with NASA astronaut Raja Chari following the State of NASA address, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei pose for a photo with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn is seen during science demonstrations as he and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Students and faculty are seen during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei’s visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, second from left, speaks with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Raja Chari visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, speaks with local media during a visit by NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, left, and crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn is seen during science demonstrations as he and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron is seen as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Center of Science and Industry (COSI) learning lunchboxes are seen during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei’s visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei speaks with students during a visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School with Expedition 66 crewmates NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronauts, from left to right, Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speak with local media during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei speak with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron speaks during science demonstrations as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, second from left, and Raja Chari speak with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei speak with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, participates in STEM demonstrations with students during a visit by NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, center, and crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station.Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron speaks with students as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Raja Chari speaks with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron high fives a student during a visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School with fellow Expedition 66 crewmates NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, left, participate in STEM demonstrations with students during a visit along with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, center, participate in STEM demonstrations with students during a visit along with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Raja Chari is helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 6, 2022. Maurer, Marshburn, Chari, and Barron are returning after 177 days in space as part of Expeditions 66 and 67 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei sign montages for NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei pose for a photo with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA astronaut Raja Chari speak with workers involved modal testing of the first core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the B-2 Test Stand,x3 Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Over the coming months, the first core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will be undergoing a series of integrated Green Run tests prior to its maiden flight. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are underway to roll the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon attached to Launch Complex 39A on Oct. 27, 2021 for NASA’s Space X Crew-3 mission. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with Matthias Maurer, European Space Agency astronaut, will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on the Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 31. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon rolls out to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early morning hours of Oct. 27, 2021 for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with Matthias Maurer, European Space Agency astronaut, will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on the Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 31. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon attached are ready for rollout to Launch Complex 39A on Oct. 27, 2021 for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with Matthias Maurer, European Space Agency astronaut, will launch aboard the Crew Dragon on the Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 31. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Associate Administrator for Space Operations Kathryn Lueders delivers opening remarks during an employee engagement event with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Director of Strategic Integration & Management Division Dr. Alotta Taylor delivers opening remarks during an employee engagement event with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Associate Administrator for Space Operations Kathryn Lueders delivers opening remarks during an employee engagement event with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA astronaut Raja Chari greets friends after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 6, 2022. Maurer, Marshburn, Chari, and Barron are returning after 177 days in space as part of Expeditions 66 and 67 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 6, 2022. Maurer, Marshburn, Chari, and Barron are returning after 177 days in space as part of Expeditions 66 and 67 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Raja Chari greets friends after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 6, 2022. Maurer, Marshburn, Chari, and Barron are returning after 177 days in space as part of Expeditions 66 and 67 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts stand on the transporter in front of the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 stack inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility near Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left are NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, along with Matthias Maurer with the European Space Agency. The four-person crew will launch aboard the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 on Oct. 31 to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut Matthias Maurer, left, with the European Space Agency, and NASA astronaut Raja Chari, Crew-3 commander, are inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility near Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. The astronauts are viewing the Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon before rollout to the launch pad, which occurred on Oct. 27. The four-person crew will launch aboard the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 on Oct. 31 to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts are inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility near Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. In this view, they simulate holding up the Falcon 9 rocket on its transporter before rollout to Launch Complex 39A, which occurred on Oct. 27. From left are Matthias Maurer, with the European Space Agency, and NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn. The four-person crew will launch aboard the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 on Oct. 31 to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts stand on the transporter in front of the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 stack inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility near Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. From left are NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, along with Matthias Maurer with the European Space Agency. The four-person crew will launch aboard the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 on Oct. 31 to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 2:21 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
jsc2021e013603_alt (April 15, 2021) --- Portrait of NASA astronaut Raja Chari.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 28, 2021, to prepare for the upcoming Crew-3 launch. Raja Chari, commander, runs through checkouts of his SpaceX spacesuit inside the crew suitup room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. Chari, along with NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, pilot, Kayla Barron, mission specialist, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, also a mission specialist, will launch aboard the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for no earlier than Nov. 6 at 11:36 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-3 is the third crew rotation flight to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and the first flight of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
jsc2021e013795_alt (April 20, 2021) --- NASA astronaut Raja Chari poses for an official portrait.
NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates (L to R) Zena Cardman, Loral O'Hara, Frank Rubio, Jonny Kim, Raja Chari practice flying in an X-59 QueSST simulator at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California. The low boom flight demonstrator, X-59, being built at Lockheed Martin and was designed to fly at supersonic speeds over land without the loud noise of breaking the sound barrier and disturbing communities.
NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates toured aircraft hangar at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California where Crew Chief Tom Grindle talks with (L to R) Jessica Watkins and Raja Chari near engine nozzle of F-15 jet. The F-15 will fly in tandem with the X-59 QueSST during early flight test stages for the X-59 development.
NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates toured aircraft hangar at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California (L to R) Raja Chari, Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, Loral O'Hara, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim and Jessica Watkins look inside the engine nozzle of an F-15 jet. The F-15 will fly in tandem with the X-59 QueSST during early flight test stages for the X-59 development.
NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates toured aircraft hangar at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California where (L to R) Loral O'Hara, Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Raja Chari look inside the engine nozzle of an F-15 jet. The F-15 will fly in tandem with the X-59 QueSST during early flight test stages for the X-59 development.
NASA’s 2017 astronaut candidates (L to R) Jonny Kim and Raja Chari practice flying in an X-59 QueSST simulator at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California. The low boom flight demonstrator, X-59, being built at Lockheed Martin and was designed to supersonically over land without the loud noise of breaking the sound barrier and disturbing communities.
jsc2021e019534_alt (May 10, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-3 Commander Raja Chari poses for a portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2021e019457_alt (May 20, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-3 Commander Raja Chari poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2021e019501_alt (May 20, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-3 Commander Raja Chari poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
iss066e079006 (Nov. 22, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Raja Chari wears virtual reality goggles inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. Chari was participating in the GRASP human research experiment that tests how astronauts perceive up and down movements and grip and manipulate objects in microgravity.
NASA astronauts Raja Chari, left, and Tom Marshburn, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they place a sticker of the Crew-3 mission patch on the windshield of the vehicle that will take them to the launch pad as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-3 mission launch, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, left, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, second from left, Raja Chari, second from right, and Kayla Barron, right, pose for a picture after answering questions from members of the media following their arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer waves as he and fellow crewmates NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Raja Chari depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-3 mission launch, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at 9:03 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-3 mission launch, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Kayla Barron speaks to members of the media after arriving from Houston at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with fellow NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Raja Chari, wearing a SpaceX spacesuit, points towards friends and family as he prepares to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-3 mission launch, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer are scheduled to launch at 9:03 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, left, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, second from left, Raja Chari, second from right, and Kayla Barron, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-3 mission launch, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, left, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, second from left, Raja Chari, second from right, and Kayla Barron, right, pose for a picture after answering questions from members of the media following their arrival at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer speaks to members of the media after arriving from Houston at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with NASA’s astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is the third crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Chari, Marshburn, Barron, Maurer are scheduled to launch at Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)