William Moore, COO, KSC VC, DNC Parks & Recreation, speaks at the signing ceremony, for space shuttle Atlantis, background, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The spacecraft traveled 125,935,769 miles during 33 spaceflights, including 12 missions to the International Space Station. Its final flight, STS-135, closed out the Space Shuttle Program era with a landing on July 21, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Patricia Moore, communications strategist for the Moon to Mars Program Office in NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Bradley Williams, program executive in the Heliophysics Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Matthew Roper, Crew Health and Medical Team Lead in NASA's Flight Operations Directorate, Arvind Raman, dean of the College of Engineering at Purdue University, and Logan Kennedy, surface lead for Human Landing System Programs in NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, are seen as they speaks to attendees at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a panel discussion about following your dreams to a career in STEM ahead of the total solar eclipse, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Indianapolis, Ind. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

STS-92 crew members discuss results of a Leak Seal Kit Fit Check on the Pressurized Mating Adapter -3, part of their mission payload, with JSC and Boeing representatives. From left are Mission Specialists Michael E. Lopez-Alegria; Koichi Wakata, who represents the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA); (standing) Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff (Ph.D.) and William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr.; (seated) Pilot Pamela A. Melroy; Dave Moore (behind Melroy), with Boeing; Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao (Ph.D.); Brian Warkentine, with JSC; and Commander Brian Duffy. The mission payload also includes an integrated truss structure (Z-1 truss). Launch of STS-92 is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2000