
Ven Feng, deputy program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, monitors the countdown of the attempted launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in firing room four of the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth 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. Today’s launch attempt was scrubbed due to an issue with ground systems. The next launch attempt is targeted for 12:34am ET on Thursday, March 2. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Ven Feng, deputy program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, monitors the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in firing room four of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth 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. Bowen, Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev are scheduled to launch on 1:45 a.m. EST on Feb. 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Ven Feng, deputy program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, right, and Richard Jones, manager of the Mission Management and Integration Office for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, monitor the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in firing room four of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth 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. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Emily Nelson, NASA's chief flight director, left, Ven Feng, deputy program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, second from right, and Richard Jones, manager of the Mission Management and Integration Office for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, right, monitor the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in firing room four of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth 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. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Richard Jones, manager of the Mission Management and Integration Office for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, left, and Ven Feng, deputy program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, monitor the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in firing room four of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth 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. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Ven Feng, NASA's manager of the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office, speaks to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-11, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-11 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A at 5:07 p.m. EDT.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Stephanie Martin of NASA Communications, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, and Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, and Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and industry leaders speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-11, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. From left are: Mike Curie of NASA Communications, Ven Feng, NASA's manager of the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office, and Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Flight Reliability for SpaceX. SpaceX CRS-11 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A at 5:07 p.m. EDT.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, speaks to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Stephanie Martin of NASA Communications, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, and Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, congratulates Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, following the successful liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, and Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from left, Ven Feng, manager of the Transportation Integration Office for the International Space Station Program, congratulates Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, following the successful liftoff of SpaceX CRS-13. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-13 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:36 a.m. EST with supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and industry leaders speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-11, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. From left are: Ven Feng, NASA's manager of the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office, and Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Flight Reliability for SpaceX. SpaceX CRS-11 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A at 5:07 p.m. EDT.

Commercial Crew Program (CCP) Manager Steve Stich, left, and CCP Deputy Program Manager Ven Feng raise the Crew-7 flag on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, near the countdown clock at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background are other CCP employees. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Crew-7 marks the first spaceflight for Moghbeli and Borisov, and the second for Mogensen and Furukawa.

Commercial Crew Deputy Program Manager Ven Feng raises the Crew-7 flag on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, near the countdown clock at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background are other Commercial Crew Program employees. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Crew-7 marks the first spaceflight for Moghbeli and Borisov, and the second for Mogensen and Furukawa.