White House Office of Science & Technology Policy tours Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Jim Irons at the hyperwall.

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, left, smiles along with 16-year-old Joey Hudy, a former White House Science Fair participant and self-described “Maker” at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, speaks at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, listens to a question during the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, speaks at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Assistant Director for Space Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Jinni Meehan, provides closing remarks at the Microgravity Science Summit at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, talks with NASA's 2013 astronaut candidates at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, left, is interviewed by TIME for Kids reporter Kristen Rigsby, as Moira Vahey, Deputy Assistant Director for Strategic Communications at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, right, takes notes ahead of the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, delivers remarks during a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kei Koizumi speaks at the Microgravity Science Summit at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kei Koizumi speaks at the Microgravity Science Summit at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kei Koizumi speaks at the Microgravity Science Summit at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kei Koizumi speaks at the Microgravity Science Summit at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 13, 2024 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Patricia Falcone, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivers remarks during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Patricia Falcone, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is seen during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, welcomes employees to a NASA Town Hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, is seen during a NASA Town Hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speaks during a NASA employee town hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speaks during a NASA employee town hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, right, is interviewed by National Geographic Kids reporter Trevor Jehl ahead of the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy is interviewed by TIME for Kids reporter Kristen Rigsby, ahead of the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, left, is interviewed by TIME for Kids reporter Grace Clark ahead of the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, left, is interviewed by Montgomery Blair High School Student Newspaper “Silver Chips” Online Editor-in-Chief Aanchal Johri, center, and Photo Editor Emma Howells, from Silver Spring, MD. ahead of the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, delivers remarks during a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., delivers remarks during a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speaks during a NASA employee town hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, during a NASA Town Hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, during a NASA Town Hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, speaks during a NASA town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, during a NASA Town Hall with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Panels participants, from left, Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, former White House Science Fair participant Joey Hudy, Environmentalist and third-year law student at Elon University School of Law Tyrone Davis, White House innovation expert Cristin Dorgelo, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gill Pratt, take a question from the audience during the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Panels participants, from left, Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, former White House Science Fair participant Joey Hudy, Environmentalist and third-year law student at Elon University School of Law Tyrone Davis, White House innovation expert Cristin Dorgelo, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gill Pratt, take a question from the audience during the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator, delivers remarks during a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, and Cora Marrett from NSF, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator, delivers remarks during a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, and Cora Marrett from NSF, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, listen to a question during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Erica Rodgers, director of advanced programs for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, center, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, are seen during a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA Student Airborne Research Program Manager, Dr. Brenna Biggs and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, Dr. Ann Marie Carlton pose in front of the DC-8 on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA Student Airborne Research Program Manager, Dr. Brenna Biggs and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, Dr. Ann Marie Carlton pose in front of the DC-8 on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program invites Dr. Ann Marie Carlton, Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy fellow, to fly aboard the DC-8 to measure air quality on June 23, 2022.

Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., delivers remarks during a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing held with with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Patricia Falcone of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Patricia Falcone, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivers remarks during a Fiscal Year 2014 budget briefing with Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of OSTP, Charlie Bolden from NASA, Francis Collins from NIH, Cora Marrett from NSF, and Kathryn Sullivan from NOAA, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Alondra Nelson, left, Vice President Kamala Harris, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby, right, are seen in an event where U.S. President Joe Biden previewed the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the highest-resolution image of the infrared universe in history, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. President Joe Biden, 2nd from left, and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Alondra Nelson, left, talk with NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, in a meeting after they previewed the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris preview the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the highest-resolution image of the infrared universe in history, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Joining the President and Vice President was Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Alondra Nelson, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby, right, as well as on screen are NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, top, Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Nancy Levenson, and NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Director Greg Robinson, bottom. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris preview the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the highest-resolution image of the infrared universe in history, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Joining the President and Vice President was Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Alondra Nelson, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby, right, as well as on screen are NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, top, Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Nancy Levenson, and NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Director Greg Robinson, bottom. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, center, poses for a group photograph with NASA's 2013 astronaut candidates, from left, Josh A. Cassada, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Jessica U. Meir, Tyler N. "Nick" Hague, Holdren, Victor J. Glover, Christina M. Hammock, Andrew R. Morgan, and, Anne C. McClain at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, left, Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, right, and NASA Deputy administrator Pam Melroy, center, are seen following a NASA employee town hall, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Director of Strategic Communications and Senior Science and Technology Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Rick Weiss, left, “Big Bang Theory” co-creator Bill Prady, center, and NASA Mars Curiosity Landing mission controller, Bobak "Mohawk Guy" Ferdowsi talk during the White House Science Fair held at the White House, April 22, 2013. The science fair celebrated student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Carl Wieman, Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House, speaks at the Symposium on Supporting Underrepresented Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Carl Wieman, Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House, speaks at the Symposium on Supporting Underrepresented Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Joey Hudy, Anthem, AZ, 16-year-old self-described “Maker” answers a question from the audience at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Joey sat with the First Lady at the President’s 2014 State of the Union Address after his first shot to fame in 2012 when he attended the White House Science Fair where the President took a turn using his “extreme marshmallow cannon” to launch a marshmallow across the East Room of the White House. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

White House innovation expert Cristin Dorgelo speaks at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Environmentalist and third-year law student at Elon University School of Law Tyrone Davis speaks at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA associate administrator for education and former astronaut Leland Melvin speaks at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director for Science Carl Wieman, left, talks with West Philadelphia High School student Brandon Ford, left, and Montana Central Catholic High School student Mikayla Nelson at the New Executive Office Building, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Washington. The students are all young achievers in science and technology and will be amongst other guests seated in the First Lady’s Box in the U.S. Capitol during the President’s State of the Union Address. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, Elena Hernandez, press secretary for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemeier, and OSTP AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow Jon Werner-Allen visit the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in a meeting where they previewed images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Dr. John P. Holdren are seen during a press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, where it was announced that NASA has awarded $50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to his introduction by Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Dr. John P. Holdren during a press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, where it was announced that NASA has awarded $50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Dr. Steve Squyres, Astronomy Professor at Cornell University took a few moments to talk prior to the wrap up of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Prior to the wrap up of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century held in the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Norman R. Augustine, chair of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, took a few moments to discuss the event. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to his introduction by Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Dr. John P. Holdren during a press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, where it was announced that NASA has awarded $50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kelvin Manning, left, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, right, visit the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

Kelvin Manning, right, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, points out various landmarks to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, center, and NASA Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Mike Kincade, left, from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Mike Kincade, left, Kelvin Manning, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, right, enjoy a panoramic view from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

Kelvin Manning, right, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, center, and NASA Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Mike Kincade, left, on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

Kelvin Manning, right, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, left, and NASA Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Mike Kincade, center, on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

Tom Kalil, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, opens the LAUNCH: Health forum at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. LAUNCH: Health provides a forum to discuss accelerating innovation for a sustainable future. LAUNCH: Health partners include NASA, USAID and Nike. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier visits the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 10, 2019. In the background is Launch Complex 39B, where the mobile launcher is undergoing testing in preparation for launch of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket for the first Artemis mission. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

NASA Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Mike Kincade, left, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, center, and Kelvin Manning, right, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pause for a photo on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

Kelvin Manning, left, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, center, and NASA Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Mike Kincade, right, inside the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

Kelvin Manning, left, associate director, technical, of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, points out various landmarks to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier, right, on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 10, 2019. Droegemeier visited the iconic rocket-assembly facility in the heart of Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 Area during a tour of the multi-user spaceport.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Atlas_Redstone Room of the Debus Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford professor of engineering at MIT, speaks to the attendees at the 'Expanding our Reach into the Solar System' break-out session, part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. The panel included Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center, John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and NASA, panel moderator; NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld and Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Atlas_Redstone Room of the Debus Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center, addresses the participants at the 'Expanding our Reach into the Solar System' break-out session, part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. The panel, moderated by John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (right), included Hubbard, Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford professor of engineering at MIT and NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century wrapped up with a lively panel discussion. Pictured is, left to right, John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator; Norman R. Augustine, chair of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee; Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Atlas_Redstone Room of the Debus Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford professor of engineering at MIT gives his presentation at the 'Expanding our Reach into the Solar System' break-out session, part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. The panel, moderated by John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (center), included Crawley, Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center (right) and NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Atlas_Redstone Room of the Debus Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford professor of engineering at MIT, speaks to the audience at the 'Expanding our Reach into the Solar System' break-out session, part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. The panel includes Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center (back to camera); John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, panel moderator, and NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld (obscured). Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, a distinguished panel gathered to wrap up the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. The panel included John Holdren, assistant to the President for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (left); Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator; Norman R. Augustine, chair of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, and Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

NASA associate administrator for education and former astronaut Leland Melvin, left, watches as astronauts, Rick Mastracchio, screen left, and Michael Hopkins, deliver a message from the International Space Station (ISS) to attendees of the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gill Pratt speaks at the annual White House State of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (SoSTEM) address, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)