jsc2024e044936 (July 9, 2007) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a photo in a studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Wilson will serve as a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, her fourth trip to space.

jsc2024e050137 (May 27, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson trains inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050149 (May 13, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson stands atop the launch tower at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait in NASA Johnson Space Center’s office at Ellington Field, Thursday, July 11, 2019, Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2024e050148 (May 13, 2024) --- From left, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson look off into the distance from the launch tower at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

ISS023-E-024625 (17 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, poses for a photo in the Cupola of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S120-E-007216 (29 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, and a model of the Harmony node float freely on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S120-E-007204 (29 Oct. 2007) --- A model of the Harmony node floats freely near astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

MSG TEAM MEMBERS JOHN WILSON, (L), AND PHILLIP BRYANT TEST AND INTEGRATE HARDWARE BEFORE SENDING TO ISS

Attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Wilson was preparing for her launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery which occurred on October 23, 2007.

S120-E-007176 (29 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, uses a computer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station during flight day seven activities.

S131-E-010135 (14 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, poses for a photo near a window in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

jsc2024e052333 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in her flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

S131-E-007145 (6 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, is pictured near a hatch window on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

ISS023-E-024113 (16 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, prepares to exercise using a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S120-E-006068 (24 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, photographed on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S120-E-007028 (28 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, poses for a photo as a procedures handbook floats freely nearby in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Moonrise, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, as seen from under the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

Spacecraft in Gravity Off-load Fixture (GOLF), System Test configuration - Arisa Waddle – Test Engineer, Rick Wilson – Lead Test Engineer

jsc2024e050138 (May 27, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson is pictured in her flight suit during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

JSC2008-E-005286 (2008) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist

S131-E-008502 (10 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, retrieves a tool from a drawer in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS023-E-020655 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, both STS-131 flight engineers, share perhaps their first session at this bank of computers and controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S120-E-007552 (30 Oct. 2007) --- Astronauts George Zamka and Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 pilot and mission specialist, respectively, take a moment to pose for a photo on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day eight activities while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-006754 (26 Oct. 2007) --- Astronauts Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist; and Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, work the controls of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

jsc2024e052328 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson focuses during the crew equipment interface test (CEIT). She has collectively spent 42 days in space aboard three space shuttle Discovery missions – STS-120, STS-121, and STS-131. Credit: SpaceX

S131-E-007272 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; and Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist, look through overhead windows on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities. Wilson is using a handheld laser ranging device -- designed to measure the range between two spacecraft.

ISS023-E-020665 (7 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (near frame center) joins NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson (foreground), Alan Poindexter (blue jersey, standing) and T.J. Creamer in the "busy" Destiny laboratory aboard the International Space Station. Creamer is Expedition 23 flight engineer, Poindexter is STS-131 commander and Yamazaki and Wilson are mission specialists for STS-131.

ISS023-E-020666 (7 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (near frame center) joins NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson (foreground), Alan Poindexter (blue jersey, standing) and T.J. Creamer in the "busy" Destiny laboratory aboard the International Space Station. Creamer is Expedition 23 flight engineer, Poindexter is STS-131 commander and Yamazaki and Wilson are mission specialists for STS-131.

The Ultra 500 Series golf balls, introduced in 1995 by Wilson Sporting Goods Company, has 500 dimples arranged in a pattern of 60 spherical triangles. The design employs NASA's aerodynamics technology analysis of air loads of the tank and Shuttle orbiter that was performed under the Space Shuttle External Tank program. According to Wilson, this technology provides "the most symmetrical ball surface available, sustaining initial velocity longer and producing the most stable ball flight for unmatched accuracy and distance." The dimples are in three sizes, shapes and depths mathematically positioned for the best effect. The selection of dimples and their placement optimizes the interaction of opposing forces of lift and drag. Large dimples reduce air drag, enhance lift, and maintain spin for distance. Small dimples prevent excessive lift that destabilizes the ball flight and the medium size dimples blend the other two.

S121-E-05438 (5 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, on Discovery's flight deck during flight day two activities, on the eve of one of the mission's busiest days -- docking day with the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-020660 (7 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (left) joins NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson and T.J. Creamer in the "busy" Destiny laboratory aboard the International Space Station. Creamer is Expedition 23 flight engineer and the other two are mission specialists for STS-131.

S131-E-008560 (10 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts James P. Dutton Jr. (left), STS-131 pilot; Stephanie Wilson and Clayton Anderson, both mission specialists, pose for a photo in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) linked to the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

jsc2024e052324 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson are pictured in their flight suits at SpaceX’s new Dragon refurbishing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

ASTRONAUTS BARRY "BUTCH” WILMORE, VICTOR GLOVER, DON PETTIT AND STEPHANIE WILSON SOAR ABOVE TEST STAND 4693 IN #NASA T-38 JETS ON AUG. 9, 2016

ISS013-E-49435 (9 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. A beverage container floats freely at right.

S97-10246 (19 June 1997) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist.

View of Astronauts George Zamka (red shirt),STS-120 pilot, Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 Mission specialist, and Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 Mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), as they pose for a photo on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day eight activities while docked with the International Space Station.

S131-E-007268 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; and Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist, work on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

S131-E-007274 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser ranging device -- designed to measure the range between two spacecraft -- through one of the overhead windows on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

ISS016-E-009715 (4 Nov. 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station share a meal in the Zvezda Service Module while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Pictured are astronauts George Zamka (left), STS-120 pilot; Doug Wheelock (partially out of frame) and Stephanie Wilson, both mission specialists.

ISS023-E-023931 (15 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson (partially obscured), both STS-131 mission specialists, work at a robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S121-E-05486 (6 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, after several years training and two launch delays, appears pleased to finally be working in space as she appears in the middeck onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.

S131-E-007302 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (left), STS-131 commander; Stephanie Wilson and Rick Mastracchio, both mission specialists, look through overhead windows on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities. Wilson is using a handheld laser ranging device -- designed to measure the range between two spacecraft.

S121-E-05907 (7 July 2006) --- Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak (foreground), STS-121 mission specialist, refers to a procedures checklist as astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson (center), mission specialist, works with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the station. Wilson used the station's arm to move the Italian-built Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) from the shuttle cargo bay to install on the station's Unity node. Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (background), Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, assisted Wilson. The MPLM was successfully latched in place by 7:15 a.m. (CDT) on July 7, 2006.

NASA Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, left of center, meets with Dr. Ed Wilson, engineering professor emeritus and tours Wilson's atmospheric sciences laser lab during “NASA Day in Arkansas” at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, on Jan. 27, 2020.

ELEASA WILSON, KRAIG TERSIGNI, JUSTIN CARTLEDGE MISSION OPERATIONS LABORATORY - LABORATORY TRAINING COMPLEX (LTC), BUILDING 4663, EXPRESS RACK TRAINING, EMERALD BRICK (POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR EXPRESS RACK LAPTOP).

S121-E-08024 (16 July 2006) --- Astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson and Michael E. Fossum, STS-121 mission specialists, pose for a photo on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Fossum, a graduate of Texas A&M University, flashes the traditional "Gig 'Em, Aggies!" sign and wears an A&M cap, while UT alumnus Wilson gives the "Hook 'Em, Horns!" sign and wears the Longhorn cap. The two joked about the long-standing rivalry of their respective alma maters and have expressed looking forward to the Nov. 24 matchup between the two Big Twelve powers.

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson talks about her experiences to teachers and middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S131-E-007943 (7 April 2010) --- The four women currently on the International Space Station pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. From the left are NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, both STS-131 mission specialists; along with NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 23 flight engineer; and Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist.

ISS016-E-009295 (3 Nov. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, works the controls of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station during flight day 12 activities while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

S121-E-07694 (15 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, works with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the station.

S131-E-007241 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson and Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialists; along with James P. Dutton Jr. (right), pilot, are pictured on the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

ISS013-E-49432 (9 July 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter (foreground) of Germany and astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, look over procedures checklists in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S131-E-009374 (13 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-131 mission specialist, is pictured near a robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

View of Stephanie Wilson as she works at the Robotics Workstation (RWS) in US Laboratory Destiny as she conducts a Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Ammonia Tank Assembly (ATA) retrieval in support of STS-131 EVA 3.

S131-E-009463 (13 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot; and Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist, are pictured at a robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

Robert Wilson of the Solar/Solar terrestrial Studies team at the National Space Science and Technology Center, a joint research and collaborative think tank partnership of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Marshall Space Flight Center, adjusts his telescope which is set up as a viewing opportunity for MSFC employees prior to the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse event. The Huntsville area experienced 97 percent occultation, nearly a complete blocking out of the sun by the orbit of Earth's moon. The next opportunity to view a solar eclipse in the eastern and central United States will occur in April 2024.

ISS013-E-51259 (14 July 2006) --- Astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson (foreground) and Lisa M. Nowak, STS-121 mission specialists, work with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the station. Using the station's arm, Wilson and Nowak joined forces to re-stow the Italian-built Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) in the payload bay of the shuttle.

MSG TEAM MEMBERS AT WORK: (L TO R): PHILLIP BRYANT, CHRIS BUTLER, GINGER FLORES, REGGIE SPIVEY, NEAL SCOTT, ANDREW TYGIELSKI, JOHN WILSON, TIM BROACH

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

Students in today’s classrooms make up the Artemis Generation and everyone can find their place in space as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Representatives from NASA’s Stennis Space Center participated in the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership’s Jumpstart to Success interactive career expo on Feb. 1, reaching more than 1,700 eighth and ninth grade students from Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties in Mississippi. Through Artemis, NASA will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/Samone Wilson

S121-E-06482 (12 July 2006) --- Astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, and Mark E. Kelly, pilot, float on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S121-E-05916 (7 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, works with equipment on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. TPSF manager, Martin Wilson of Jacobs Technology, has just placed a tile sample in an oven to demonstrate its ability to protect a spacecraft during the heat of reentry. Plans call for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 later this year. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson tapes a segment for STEM in 30 with Marty Kelsey, left, and Beth Wilson, Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Whitson spent 288 days onboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 50, 51, and 52, conducting four spacewalks and contributing to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science during her stay. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Jim Wilson, NASA public affairs officer, asks John Rhys-Davies, the actor best known for his roles as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise, a question during an employee event, Friday, March 28, 2025 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson tapes a segment for STEM in 30 with Marty Kelsey, left, and Beth Wilson, Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Whitson spent 288 days onboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 50, 51, and 52, conducting four spacewalks and contributing to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science during her stay. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle helps conduct an experiment about sound waves in a vacuum during a taping of STEM in 30 with Beth Wilson and Marty Kelsey, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, left, and former NASA astronauts Leland Melvin and Susan Kilrain pose for a photograph 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 astronaut Scott Tingle plays an electric guitar during a taping of STEM in 30 with Beth Wilson and Marty Kelsey, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle helps conduct an experiment about sound waves in a vacuum during a taping of STEM in 30 with Beth Wilson and Marty Kelsey, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, left, and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, pose for photograph with 6-year old Armani Bonds 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)

S121-E-05936 (8 July 2006) --- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist, works with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the station.

ISS016-E-008075 (30 Oct. 2007) --- Astronauts Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist; and Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, work the controls of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

S121-E-06134 (8 July 2006) --- Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak (left), Michael E. Fossum and Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialists, enjoy a light moment on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S121-E-06135 (8 July 2006) --- Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak (left), Michael E. Fossum and Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialists, enjoy a light moment on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS013-E-48869 (6 July 2006) --- Astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson (left) and Lisa M. Nowak, both missions for STS-121, check out camera gear during their personal inaugural space flights and during their first day onboard the International Space Station.