Visit by Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 Astronaut

Astronauts' Visit

Astronauts Rick Sturckow (right) and Pat Forrester make a presentation Aug. 2 at NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., about their recent space shuttle mission, STS-117. Sturckow and Forrester thanked employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which are all tested and proved flight-worthy at SSC. The astronauts delivered a video of their mission's highlights, held a question-and-answer session, met one-on-one with employees and presented two Silver Snoopy awards during their visit. The STS-117 mission, which launched June 8, delivered a truss segment and a set of U.S. solar arrays, batteries and associated equipment to the International Space Station. Sturckow commanded the mission; Forrester was a mission specialist who performed two of STS-117's four spacewalks.

NASA Astronauts Visit C3PF

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

NASA Astronauts Visit C3PF

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, left, and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020. The astronauts are at Kennedy to prepare for their flights to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Wilmore and Williams will command the Crew Flight Test and the Starliner-1 mission, respectively.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren pose for a photo at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke talks with students about his six-month stay aboard the International Space Station during a visit to StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's Stennis Space Center.

Astronaut Mike Fincke visits StenniSphere

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough visits Marshall for plaque ceremony.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren is photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. Lindgren, along with crewmates Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

NASA astronaut Bob Hines is photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. Hines, along with crewmates Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins, visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Hines, Lindgren, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-4 Astronauts Visit KSC

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren pause to look at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

STS-128 crew visits Stennis

Astronauts C.J. Sturckow (seated, left) and Pat Forrester (seated, right) sign autographs during their Oct. 7 visit to Stennis Space Center. The astronauts visited the rocket engine testing facility to thank Stennis employees for contributions to their recent STS-128 space shuttle mission. All three of the main engines used on the mission were tested at Stennis. Sturckow served as commander for the STS-128 flight; Forrester was a mission specialist. During a 14-day mission aboard space shuttle discovery, the STS-128 crew delivered equipment and supplies to the International Space Station, including science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and an exercise treadmill. The mission featured three spacewalks to replace experiments and install new equipment at the space station.

Astronauts Visit To MPPF

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, far right, view the Orion spacecraft with Adam Leppek, Spacecraft Offline deputy element operations manager with ARES Corporation (KLXSIII), inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. During their time at Kennedy, Cassada and Williams also had the opportunity to view the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – this and Orion being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

Astronauts Visit To MPPF

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, center, view the Orion spacecraft with Adam Leppek, Spacecraft Offline deputy element operations manager with ARES Corporation (KLXSIII), inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. During their time at Kennedy, Cassada and Williams also had the opportunity to view the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – this and Orion being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

Astronauts Visit To MPPF

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams add their signatures to an Artemis “We Are Going” banner inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 6, 2021. During their time at Kennedy, they also had the opportunity to view the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System’s (SLS) Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage – both being serviced inside the MPPF ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and SLS as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

S62-02270 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and wife visit with General Douglas McArthur in the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Photo credit: NASA

Astronaut John Glenn and Wife - Visit - General McArthur

Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astrona

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astr

Cosmonaut Kubasov and Astronaut Stafford during ASTP visit

AST-03-189 (17-19 July 1975) --- Cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov, left, Soviet ASTP engineer; and astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo crew commander, are seen during a visit by the two crewmen to the Soviet Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit. The visit was one of four made among the five crewmen on July 17-18-19, 1975. A 35mm camera was used to make this picture.

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann shakes hands with an employee at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida while fellow commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams look on during a visit to the spaceport in August 2018. Commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe and Chris Ferguson also attended the visit to Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in an upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS onboard the Starliner. Photo credit: Boeing

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei speaks with students during a visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School with Expedition 66 crewmates NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron high fives a student during a visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School with fellow Expedition 66 crewmates NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

Commercial Crew astronauts Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann take a selfie during their visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Fellow commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe, Suni Williams and Josh Cassada also attended the August 2018 trip to Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, left, participate in STEM demonstrations with students during a visit along with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, Suni Williams, Eric Boe and Chris Ferguson visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at Kennedy and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in an upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada and Chris Ferguson visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, Suni Williams and Chris Ferguson visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at LSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Chris Ferguson and Suni Williams visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Suni Williams, Nicole Mann, Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Josh Cassada visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at Kennedy and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, center, participate in STEM demonstrations with students during a visit along with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

Commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Suni Williams, Josh Cassada, Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

Boeing and United Launch Alliance employees were able to meet commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Suni Williams, Josh Cassada, Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe during their visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in August 2018. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Suni Williams, Josh Cassada, Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

Commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Suni Williams, Josh Cassada, Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Suni Williams, Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astr

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei pose for a photo with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn is seen during science demonstrations as he and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

Students and faculty are seen during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei’s visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, second from left, speaks with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Raja Chari visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, speaks with local media during a visit by NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, left, and crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn is seen during science demonstrations as he and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron is seen as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

Center of Science and Industry (COSI) learning lunchboxes are seen during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei’s visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronauts, from left to right, Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speak with local media during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei speak with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron speaks during science demonstrations as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, second from left, and Raja Chari speak with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron and Tom Marshburn visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei speak with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, participates in STEM demonstrations with students during a visit by NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, center, and crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station.Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron speaks with students as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Raja Chari speaks with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada takes in the view during an August 2018 visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Cassada was joined on the trip by fellow commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Suni Williams, Eric Boe and Chris Ferguson shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronaut Eric Boe takes in the view during an August 2018 visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Boe was joined on the trip by fellow commercial crew astronauts Nicole Mann, Suni Williams, Josh Cassada and Chris Ferguson shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

From left to right, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, are seen during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA's Crew-2 Astronauts Visit Arlington Elementary School

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide answers a question at the conclusion of a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School with crew mates NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA's Crew-2 Astronauts Visit Arlington Elementary School

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronaut Megan McArthur speaks to students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA's Crew-2 Astronauts Visit Arlington Elementary School

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks to students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA's Crew-2 Astronauts Visit Arlington Elementary School

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Fellow commercial crew astronauts Josh Cassada and Suni Williams also attended the trip to Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

Commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada visit with Boeing and United Launch Alliance employees at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The astronauts made the trip to the Florida spaceport about a week after their crew assignments were announced by NASA. They stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

From left, commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada pose with an employee at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The astronauts visited with Boeing and United Launch Alliance employees at KSC about a week after their crew assignments on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner were announced by NASA. They stopped by Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on the Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing

Starliner Astronauts Visit Kennedy Space Center

Commercial crew astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Josh Cassada visit Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida shortly after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Fellow commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Mann also attended the trip to Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at KSC and Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to view progress on the Starliner and the launch pad. Boe, Ferguson and Mann will fly on Starliner in Boeing’s upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada and Williams are assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission to the ISS. Photo credit: Boeing