jsc2024e077037_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- Expedition 74 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev pose for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
Mark Geyer, Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, delivers remarks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly poses a portrait, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a portrait after donning his spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2000-03028) Official portrait of astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2000-03028) Official portrait of astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (S95-057778) Official portrait of astronaut Pamela A. Melroy, pilot.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2000-03056) Official portrait of astronaut David A. Wolf, mission specialist.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (S95-057778) Official portrait of astronaut Pamela A. Melroy, pilot.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (JSC2000-03056) Official portrait of astronaut David A. Wolf, mission specialist.
Local area school children are seen during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait in NASA Johnson Space Center’s office at Ellington Field, Thursday, July 11, 2019, Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Frank Rubio poses for a portrait in the anechoic chamber, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron is seen after donning her spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann gives a thumbs up from inside the Orion mockup, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Stan Love poses for a portrait in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab control room, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks during the 2018 Agency Honor Awards ceremony, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron poses for a portrait after donning her spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough poses for a portrait in the Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV), an engineering concept used to test new technologies for future surface and deep-space exploration vehicles, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut candidate Loral O’Hara poses for a portrait in the Blue Flight Control Room, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2023e067699_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-11 Commander Zena Cardman poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas.
jsc2023e067715_alt (Oct. 27, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-11 Commander Zena Cardman poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas.
jsc2024e055523 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e055545 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e055570 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e067210_alt (July 17, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e067200_alt (July 17, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli poses for a portrait in the Systems Engineering Simulator, a real-time, crew-in-the-loop engineering simulator for the space station and advanced spaceflight programs, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson pauses for a portrait while donning her spacesuit and going under water in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Vice President Mike Pence, left, speaks with Deputy Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center Vanessa Wyche, second from left, Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center Mark Geyer, second from right, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, during a tour of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
jsc2023e080760 (Dec. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke conducts training for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e005132 (Jan. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e022261_alt2 (March 22, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2025e005133 (Jan. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is photographed during an interview at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e024851 (April 8, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a photo at a solar eclipse viewing event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e010943 (Jan. 26, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman conducts cold transfer skills training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e028394 (April 25, 2024) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui conducts training for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2024e022261_alt (March 22, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen onboard the International Space Station from the Blue Flight Control Room, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2025e032495 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos
jsc2024e055706 (Aug. 16, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in a training at the Food Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in preparation for his mission to the International Space Station.
jsc2024e076519 (Nov. 19, 2024) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui poses for a photo in his spacesuit during space station airlock testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2025e032534 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos
jsc2024e074737 (Nov. 13, 2024) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e074784 (Nov. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, speaks with Vice President Mike Pence and NASA astronaut Suni Williams during a tour of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks prior to introducing Vice President Mike Pence in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks prior to introducing Vice President Mike Pence in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, seated left, and NASA Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, seated right participate in a media roundtable in front of the Orion test crew capsule for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Acting director of the Exploration Integration and Science Directorate and Chief Scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center Dr. Eileen Stansbery, right, is seen with Vice President Mike Pence and Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist Dr. Harrison Schmitt in the Astromaterials Curation Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, foreground, and Suni Williams pose for a photograph inside of the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. The pair was assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s first operational mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, NASA astronaut Eric Boe, and NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann are assigned to the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew Test Flight to the International Space Station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Victor Glover are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Victor Glover is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Bob Behnken are assigned to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Josh Cassada stops to pose for photograph as he exits the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. Cassada, and NASA astronaut Suni Williams were assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s first operational mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Doug Hurley are assigned to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Boeing Defense, Space and Security President and CEO Leanne Caret gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Eric Boe is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, and NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann are assigned to the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew Test Flight to the International Space Station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that she, and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that she, NASA astronaut Eric Boe, and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson are assigned to the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew Test Flight to the International Space Station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams stops to pose for photograph as she exits the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. Williams and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada were assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s first operational mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Josh Cassada is seen during a NASA event where it was announced that he, and NASA astronaut Suni Williams are assigned to the first mission to the International Space Station onboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon where announced during the event. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2024e044936 (July 9, 2007) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a photo in a studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Wilson will serve as a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, her fourth trip to space.
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins, assigned to fly on the first operational mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, pose inside a mockup of the spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the agency’s announcement of their commercial crew assignment Aug. 3. Nine U.S. astronauts were selected for commercial crew flight assignments on the first test flights and operational missions for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Doug Hurley, assigned to fly on the first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, pose inside a mockup of the spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the agency’s announcement of their commercial crew assignment Aug. 3. Nine U.S. astronauts were selected for commercial crew flight assignments on the first test flights and operational missions for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann poses for a photograph as she exits the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. Mann, along with NASA astronaut Eric Boe and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson were assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s Crew Flight Test targeted for mid-2019 in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson poses for a photograph as he exits the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. Ferguson, along with NASA astronauts Eric Boe and Nicole Aunapu Mann were assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s Crew Flight Test targeted for mid-2019 in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Eric Boe poses for a photograph as he exits the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. Boe, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson were assigned to launch aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the company’s Crew Flight Test targeted for mid-2019 in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
SpaceX President and Chief Operation Officer Gwynne Shotwell gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Doug Hurley, assigned to fly on the first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, pose inside a mockup of the spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the agency’s announcement of their commercial crew assignment Aug. 3. Nine U.S. astronauts were selected for commercial crew flight assignments on the first test flights and operational missions for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2025e003631 (Jan. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke (center) works with his trainers in a simulator to brush up on berthing Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser and other space station robotics skills at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
jsc2024e052668_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e052669_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e052672_alt2 (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e052673_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e052672_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e052674_alt (July 17, 2024) --- Portrait of NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit taken at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e066721 (Oct. 4, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer, poses for a crew portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e066730_alt (Oct. 4, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain, SpaceX Crew-10 Commander and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer, poses for a crew portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2025e044433 (May 6, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams poses for a photo in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit during vacuum chambers testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2025e044425 (May 6, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams poses for a photo in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit during vacuum chambers testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e077064_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Sergey Mikaev poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2024e077054_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Chris Williams poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2024e077067_alt (Nov. 25, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
Vice President Mike Pence, center, views Sample 15014, which was collected during Apollo 15 with NASA's Apollo Sample Curator Ryan Zeigler, left, and Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist Dr. Harrison Schmitt, right, in Lunar Curation Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Sample 15014 is one of nine samples out of the 2,196 collected during the Apollo missions that was sealed inside its container on the Moon and still containes gasses from the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
nhq201706070006 (06/07/2017) --- Vice President Mike Pence takes a group selfie with kids that were in attendance during an event where NASA introduced 12 new astronaut candidates, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. After completing two years of training, the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
nhq201706070003 (06/07/2017) --- Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks during an event where NASA introduced 12 new astronaut candidates, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. After completing two years of training, the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after being intruduced prior to speaking in the Teague Auditorium at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Pence spoke about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars, stating that “soon and very soon American astronauts will return to space on American rockets launched from American soil." Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Boeing Defense, Space and Security President and CEO Leanne Caret receives an American flag from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The flag is to be flown to the International Space Station onboard the test flight of Starliner and retrieved later during the first mission of the Starliner. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Vice President Mike Pence cuts a cake presented to him on his 58th birthday while touring the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The Vice President was at the space center to welcome nhq201706070008 (06/07/2017) --- America’s newest astronaut candidates, chosen from more than 18,300 applicants to carry the torch for future human space exploration. After completing two years of training, the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)