Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche is seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche gives remarks prior to the screening of the NASA produced documentary “The Color of Space” at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Premiering on Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, “The Color of Space” is an inspirational documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s Black astronauts determined to reach the stars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche gives remarks prior to the screening of the NASA produced documentary “The Color of Space” at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Premiering on Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, “The Color of Space” is an inspirational documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s Black astronauts determined to reach the stars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, answers a question during a panel discussion titled A Space for Us All at an event celebrating Black History Month at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, answers a question during a panel discussion titled A Space for Us All at an event celebrating Black History Month at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jsc2025e089532 (Dec. 10, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, greeted by Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, is pictured at Ellington Field outside the Gulfstream V aircraft that returned him to Houston, Texas, from Kazakhstan in Central Asia. The day before, Kim had landed in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky after completing a 245-day research mission aboard the International Space Station. In the background (from left), is a NASA employee and NASA astronaut and Chief of the Astronaut Scott Tingle. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche speaks of NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins during her remarks prior to the screening of the NASA produced documentary “The Color of Space” at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Premiering on Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, “The Color of Space” is an inspirational documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s Black astronauts determined to reach the stars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Attendees for the screening the NASA produced documentary “The Color of Space” get their photos taken with former NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, left, former astronaut Susan Kilrain, and NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, right, at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Premiering on Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, “The Color of Space” is an inspirational documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s Black astronauts determined to reach the stars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2026e022279 (April 11, 2026) - Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman is greeted by NASA's Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche on his return home to Houston, at Ellington Airport on Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a 10-day trip around the Moon and back. Wiseman and his three fellow crew members launched April 1, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and splashed down off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.

jsc2026e022278 (April 11, 2026) - Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman is greeted by NASA's Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche on his return home to Houston, at Ellington Airport on Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a 10-day trip around the Moon and back. Wiseman and his three fellow crew members launched April 1, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and splashed down off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.

jsc2026e022281 (April 11, 2026) - Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch is greeted by NASA's Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche on her return home to Houston, at Ellington Airport on Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a 10-day trip around the Moon and back. Koch and her three fellow crew members launched April 1, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and splashed down off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.

jsc2026e022277 (April 11, 2026) - Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover is greeted by NASA's Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche on his return home to Houston, at Ellington Airport on Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a 10-day trip around the Moon and back. Glover and his three fellow crew members launched April 1, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and splashed down off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.

Director of Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Director of Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens, left, acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, NASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, are seen during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. 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)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, left, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, right, watch as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, and NASA acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, watch as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, left, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, right, react as they watch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splash down with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from the Space Operations Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2026e022313 (April 11, 2026) – NASA's Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche addresses a crowd of friends, family, and colleagues assembled for the return of the Artemis II crew at Ellington Airport near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, April 11, 2026. The Artemis II test flight launched on Wednesday, April 1, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin its 10-day journey around the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, on Friday, April 10, 2026. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

Clayton Turner, director of NASA's Langley Research Center, left, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, second from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, center, retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, second from right, and Christopher Williams, STEM Education Specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, right, are seen during a panel discussion titled A Space for Us All at an event celebrating Black History Month at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Clayton Turner, director of NASA's Langley Research Center, left, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, second from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, center, retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, second from right, and Christopher Williams, STEM Education Specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, right, are seen during a panel discussion titled A Space for Us All at an event celebrating Black History Month at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Christopher Williams, STEM Education Specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, left, retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, second from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, center, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, second from right, and Clayton Turner, director of NASA's Langley Research Center, right, pose for a picture following a panel discussion titled A Space for Us All at an event celebrating Black History Month at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

From left to right, Director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis, Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro, and Director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, pose for a photo after the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy provides opening remarks for a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, third from left, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, second from right, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, right, moderated by NASA General Counsel Sumara Thompson-King, second from left, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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

NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, meet with NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, NASA acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, White House Liaison Darren Bossie, and NASA Chief of Staff Trey Carlson, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, right, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, second from left, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, center, and Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, second from right, moderated by NASA General Counsel, Sumara Thompson-King, left, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, Deboshri Sadhukhan, Director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis, Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro, Director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, and NASA General Counsel, Sumara Thompson-King, pose for a photo after the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, right, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, second from left, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, second from right, moderated by NASA General Counsel Sumara Thompson-King, left, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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

NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, meet with NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, center, NASA acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, White House Liaison Darren Bossie, and NASA Chief of Staff Trey Carlson, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro, left, and Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, monitor the countdown of the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission from Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate speaks with Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, during the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Norm Knight, director of Flight Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center and Vanessa Wyche, acting NASA associate administrator watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-10 mission with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov onboard, Friday, March 14, 2025, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is the tenth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, monitors the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2023e054877 (Sept. 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is greeted by Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche following his arrival at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, aboard a NASA jet. Rubio had just completed a 371-day mission aboard the International Space Station the day before.

Second Lady Usha Vance, Acting Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Stephen Koerner, and Acting Associate Administrator of NASA Vanessa Wyche stand together for a group photo in Mission Control. Photo Credit: NASA/James Blair

Photo Date: 12/06/2021 Subject: NASA announced its 2021 astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. The 10 candidates, pictured here with Johnson Center Director Vanessa Wyche in an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos Berríos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas. NASA’s new astronaut candidates will begin about two years of training in January 2022, after which they 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 Artemis missions to the Moon on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photographers: James Blair

NASA leadership from left to right, Commercial Space Division Director Philip McAlister, Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Steve Stich, and SpaceX Director, Dragon Mission Management, Sarah Walker, watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-8 mission with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Dominick, Barratt, Epps, Grebenkin launched at 10:53 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Norm Knight, director of Flight Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center, left, Vanessa Wyche, acting NASA associate administrator, center, Mike Lee, NASA Deputy Manager for Mission Management and Integration, and other NASA and SpaceX leadership, watch the landing of the booster after launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-10 mission with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov onboard, Friday, March 14, 2025, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is the tenth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are seen aboard the International Space Station on a monitor during an Earth-to-space call with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore are seen aboard the International Space Station on a monitor during an Earth-to-space call with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Vanessa Wyche, Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, wave as NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh 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. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:27 a.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jsc2025e089531 (Dec. 10, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim exits the Gulfstream V aircraft that returned him to Houston, Texas, from Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Waiting to greet Kim are (from left), NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Scott, Johnson Space Center (JSC) Deputy Director Stephen Koerner, and JSC Director Vanessa Wyche. The day before, Kim had landed in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky after completing a 245-day research mission aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

From left to right, NASA associate administrator Jim Free, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Vanessa Wyche, and NASA deputy associate administrator Casey Swails are seen as NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-8 mission launch, Sunday, March 3, 2024, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth 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. NASA astronauts Dominick, Barratt, Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Grebenkin are scheduled to launch at 10:53 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

SpaceX-Vice President, Customer Operations and Integration, Jessica Jenson, center, speaks with Janet Petro, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, and Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, during the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 5:15 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Acting NASA Associate Administrator, Vanessa Wyche, left, and NASA Director of Public Engagement, Aya Collins Williams, watch the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 land at Landing Zone 1 after launching the company’s Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov onboard, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, Acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and NASA deputy associate administrator Casey Swails wave to NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-10 mission launch, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is the tenth 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. McClain, Ayers, Onishi, and Peskov are scheduled to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022809 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

Director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022828 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022827 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022829 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022821 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022819 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

Director of Glenn Research Center, Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Director of Glenn Research Center, Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, moderated by NASA General Counsel, Sumara Thompson-King, left, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022805 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

NASA General Counsel, Sumara Thompson-King, left, moderates a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, right, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022825 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022812 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022818 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

Director of Glenn Research Center, Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022824 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022806 March 26, 2024 -- Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

Director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022822 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

Director of Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022817 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022820 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2018e083384 – (Sept. 20, 2018) – Ivanka Trump visits NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Pictured from left are Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, Johnson Space Center Deputy Director Vanessa Wyche, U.S. Representative Brian Babin and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.

jsc2024e022823 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

(jsc2022e089094_alt) (Nov. 21, 2022) During day 6 of the 25.5 day mission, Vanessa Wyche, Johnson Space Center, Center Director and Flight Director Rick LaBrode, inside the Artemis Mission Control Room or the White Flight Control Room at the Johnson Space Center during the Outbound Powered Flyby (OPF) burn. The Outbound Powered Flyby burn, targeted the DRI burn and was performed as Orion flew by the Moon around 62 mi (100 km)

jsc2024e022811 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022816 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

jsc2024e022826 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

Director of Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro, speaks on a panel with NASA's three other female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2024e022815 March 26, 2024 -- NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosted a Tuesday, March 26, visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who visited NASA’s Mission Control Center, spoke with native Texan and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara aboard the International Space Station, and introduced the new members of the Texas Space Commission. Abbott was joined by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Representative Greg Bonnen and other state and space industry leaders.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jsc2020e000599 (Jan. 10, 2020) --- Johnson Space Center Deputy Director Vanessa Wyche addresses visitors attending the graduation of the 2017 Class of Astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In the back row (from left) are NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Johnson Space Center Director Mark Geyer, Chief of the Astronuat Office Patrick Forrester, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. This is the first class of astronauts to graduate under the Artemis program and are now eligible for assignments to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and ultimately, missions to Mars.

NASA Co-Chair of Glenn Research Center's Women at Glenn, Deboshri Sadhukhan, introduces NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, before a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy provides opening remarks for a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, moderated by NASA General Counsel Sumara Thompson-King, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Associate Administrator for Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Steve Shih, provides closing remarks after a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, visible on monitor to the right, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free is seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Free, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy provides opening remarks for a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, moderated by NASA General Counsel Sumara Thompson-King, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy is seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Melroy, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy provides opening remarks for a panel discussion with NASA's four female center directors: Dr. Marla Peréz-Davis of Glenn Research Center, Vanessa Wyche of Johnson Space Center, Janet Petro of Kennedy Space Center, and Jody Singer of Marshall Space Flight Center, moderated by NASA General Counsel Sumara Thompson-King, during the "DirectHERS" - Launching Through the Glass Ceiling event, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, left, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and acting Kennedy Space Center Director Kelvin Manning, wave as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh 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. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are scheduled to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

From right to left, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, acting NASA Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, and Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, wave as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, before it was scrubbed due to weather concerns, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh 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. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, and Platonov launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT, Friday, August 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)