In Her Wake

Opportunity Photographs Her Underbelly

Her Desher Vallis

Dione Has Her Faults Monochrome

This VIS image shows a section of Her Desher Vallis. This channel is located in Noachis Terra. Her Desher is the Egyptian word for Mars. Orbit Number: 81898 Latitude: -25.2878 Longitude: 312.226 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-05-31 19:01 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24088

Spirit Gets Her Kicks at Route 66

Dione Has Her Faults False Color

This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Her Desher Vallis.

This VIS image shows a section of Her Desher Vallis. This channel is located in Noachis Terra. Orbit Number: 74923 Latitude: -25.1336 Longitude: 312.258 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2018-11-04 10:15 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22904

This image captured by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Her Desher Vallis, located in Noachis Terra. Orbit Number: 58626 Latitude: -25.3889 Longitude: 312.639 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2015-03-02 23:20 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19446

STS085-327-011 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut N. Jan Davis spends a moment of her off-duty time aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery brushing her hair. Davis, payload commander, never strayed far from the payload operations checklist, seen attached to nearby mid-deck wall.

ISS026-E-022697 (31 Dec. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, washes her hair while aboard the International Space Station.

NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann smiles during a training inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to prepare for her upcoming journey to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/James Blair

Payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe appears to be enjoying her ride during her training in the T-38 jet trainer. Part of Galveston Island and the Greater Houston Metropolitan area can be seen in the background.

This panorama of images from the Spirit rover, taken on Sol 1925 June 2, 2009, is helping engineers assess the rover current state and plan her extraction from the soft soil in the region now called Troy.

iss072e451674 (Jan. 9, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams is pictured as she tries on and evaluates her spacesuit in a pressurized configuration aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

Katherine Johnson At Her Desk at NASA Langley Research Center

jsc2026e002966 (Jan. 12, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-12 Commander Jessica Meir is photographed in her pressure suit during the Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the training is to rehearse launch day activities and get a close look at the Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Adena Williams Loston (center) talks to attendees (left) of a reception and dinner in her honor at the Debus Conference Center June 6. With her are Director of External Relations and Business Development JoAnn Morgan and Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002.

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, left, and Mark Vande Hei, right, present Walt Whitman Middle School Principal Craig Herring with a montage from their Expedition 54 mission, Thursday, June 14, 2018 in Alexandria, Va. Acaba and astronaut Mark Vande Hei answered questions from the audience and spoke about their experiences aboard the International Space Station for 168 days as part of Expedition 53 and 54. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

iss074e0007219 (Dec. 30,2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman is pictured in her pressurized spacesuit, checking its communication and power systems ahead of a spacewalk planned for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2025. At upper right, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui assists Cardman as she tests the operations of her spacesuit inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock.

NASA in the Park on June 16 in Huntsville featured more than 60 exhibits and demonstrations by NASA experts, as well as performances by Marshall musicians, educational opportunities, games and hands-on activities for all ages. NASA employee Renae Scoble and her husband Ryan and son Titus enjoy the the fun and games at NASA in the Park.

S85-36966 (10 July 1985) --- Teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe prepares to test her lung capacity during medical examinations at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) clinic. Photo credit: NASA

iss073e0134965 (June 7, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain celebrates her 46th birthday with a cake, gifts, and cards aboard the International Space Station's Unity module.

STS102-E-5033 (9 March 2001) --- On Discovery's mid deck, astronaut Susan J. Helms, STS-102 mission specialist, checks gear associated with her upcoming space walk.

STS102-E-5031 (9 March 2001) --- On Discovery's mid deck, astronaut Susan J. Helms, STS-102 mission specialist, checks gear associated with her upcoming space walk.

jsc2026e002964 (Jan. 12, 2026) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-12 Mission Specialist Sophie Adenot is photographed in her pressure suit during the Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the training is to rehearse launch day activities and get a close look at the Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX

STS105-E-5438 (21 August 2001) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, is dressed in her Launch and Entry Suit (LES) on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery in preparation for the descent back to Earth. Helms and fellow Expedition Two crew members James S. Voss and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev are returning to Earth after completing their five month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

jsc2025e074503 (July 2, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-28 Backup Flight Engineer Anna Kikina poses for a portrait in her Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Credit: GCTC

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows small ripples, about 10 meters apart, located in Her Desher Vallis. Her Desher is a small channel that shows evidence of phyllosilicates -- silicates with a sheet-like structure, such as clay minerals. Much larger images of this area show that Her Desher Vallis appears isolated, with no obvious connections to craters or larger valleys. Her Desher, the ancient Egyptian name for Mars, translates to "the Red One." https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21639

STS105-E-5439 (21 August 2001) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, rehearses preparations for return to Earth. Dressed in her full-pressure Launch and Entry Suit (LES) on Discovery's mid deck, Helms nears the end of a five-month stay (most of which was spent onboard the International Space Station) in Earth orbit along with astronaut James S. Voss (seen working with a stowage bag at left), flight engineer, and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev (out of frame), mission commander. The three joined four STS-105 astronauts in readying for the return home, scheduled for August 22. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

Katherine Van Hooser, MSFC Chief Engineer, in her office, for Marshall Star “Take 5” series.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Director of External Relations and Business Development JoAnn Morgan talks with Dr. Adena Williams Loston at a reception and dinner at the Debus Conference Center June 6. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002. KSC Director Roy Bridges Jr. also attended the reception to welcome Loston during her visit to the Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Adena Williams Loston (left) addresses attendees at a reception and dinner in her honor at the Debus Conference Center June 6. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. introduces Dr. Adena Williams Loston at a reception and dinner in her honor at the Debus Conference Center June 6. Loston is NASA’s new associate administrator of Education and the reception was in her honor. Loston was previously NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe’s senior advisor of education and assumed her new position in October 2002.

jsc2025e034088 (Dec. 4, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, trains for her mission at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, ahead of her flight to the International Space Station.

NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann poses for a portrait before her launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Norah Moran

Roscosmos Cosmonaut Anna Kikina smiles during a training inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to prepare for her upcoming journey to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/James Blair

iss072e575164 (Jan. 30, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams' camera is reflected in her spacesuit helmet's visor as she points it toward herself and takes an out-of-this-world "space-selfie" during a five-hour and 26-minute spacewalk. The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above the Pacific Ocean at the time of this photograph.

Rae Anderson, subject matter expert for software assurance in the NASA Stennis Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, is the first employee at NASA’s Stennis Space Center – and one of five civil servants across NASA – to earn the highest distinction in the Safety and Mission Assurance Technical Excellence Program in the discipline of software assurance. The level four certification demonstrates Anderson’s dedication to growing her knowledge and skills to become an effective contributor to the agency’s mission.

iss072e616384 (Feb. 11, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams measures her mass using a specialized device inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module. The mass measurement device applies a known force to an attached astronaut and measures the resulting acceleration to acquire the crew member's mass. The result is based on a form of Newton's Second Law of Motion.

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

S121-E-06522 (13 July 2006) --- Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak, STS-121 mission specialist, washes her hair on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

S115-E-07208 (19 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, washes her hair on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 32 crew member Sunita Williams during her EMU Training and Certification. Photo Date: September 8, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina looks on while wearing a SpaceX launch and entry suit during a training in Hawthorne, California before her launch as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.

jsc2018e097271 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA (right) walks to a waiting bus Nov. 19 that will take her and her crewmates to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Sarah Volkman

Lori Losey, an employee of Arcata Associates at Dryden, was honored with NASA's 2004 Videographer of the Year award for her work in two of the three categories in the NASA video competition, public affairs and documentation. In the public affairs category, Losey received a first-place citation for her footage of an Earth Science mission that was flown aboard NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory in South America last year. Her footage not only depicted the work of the scientists aboard the aircraft and on the ground, but she also obtained spectacular footage of flora and fauna in the mission's target area that helped communicate the environmental research goals of the project. Losey also took first place in the documentation category for her acquisition of technical videography of the X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle flight tests. The video, shot with a hand-held camera from the rear seat of a NASA F/A-18 mission support aircraft, demonstrated her capabilities in recording precise technical visual data in a very challenging airborne environment. The award was presented to Losey during a NASA reception at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas April 19. A three-judge panel evaluated entries for public affairs, documentation and production videography on professional excellence, technical quality, originality, creativity within restrictions of the project, and applicability to NASA and its mission. Entries consisted of a continuous video sequence or three views of the same subject for a maximum of three minutes duration. Linda Peters, Arcata Associates' Video Systems Supervisor at NASA Dryden, noted, "Lori is a talented videographer who has demonstrated extraordinary abilities with the many opportunities she has received in her career at NASA." Losey's award was the second major NASA video award won by members of the Dryden video team in two years. Steve Parcel took first place in the documentation category last year for his camera and editing

Juniper Doucette and her mother Chloe Doucette, head of education at the museum of Idaho Falls, enjoying the 2017 total solar eclipse.

Juniper Doucette with her mother Chloe Doucette, head of education at the museum of Idaho Falls, celebrate the 2017 total solar eclipse.

Rhea shows off her bright, fresh-looking impact crater in this Cassini view taken during a close approach

Brad Flick, center director at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, presents a 2024 NASA College Scholarship Award to Sabrina Redifer. From left to right are Sabrina Redifer’s parents Matthew and Saynne Redifer, Flick, Sabrina Redifer, and her sister Samantha Redifer.

jsc2025e012271 - (February 17, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Commander Anne McClain smiles in her flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

jsc2025e012272 - (February 17, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot Nichole Ayers smiles in her flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

After nearly three years at Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft continues to observe the planet retinue of icy moons. Rhea cratered face attests to its great age, while its bright wisps hint at tectonic activity in the past

This Cassini image shows predominantly the impact-scarred leading hemisphere of Saturn's icy moon Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across). The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on Dec. 12, 2004, at a distance of 2 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) from Rhea and at a Sun-Rhea-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 30 degrees. The image scale is about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) per pixel. The image has been magnified by a factor of two and contrast enhanced to aid visibility. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06564

This false-color image from three of NASA Great Observatories provides one example of a star that died in a fiery supernova blast. Called Cassiopeia A, this supernova remnant is located 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Adelaide Falzon assembles her version of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in NASA's STEM Zone at AirVenture Oshkosh.

Less intrusive than her sibling shepherd moon, Pandora nonetheless provides a gravitational influence that helps confine and perturb the F ring shape

At the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA (third from left, standing) admires a tree she planted in her name in traditional pre-launch activities June 30 as her crewmates surround her. They include Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (crouching), and backup crewmembers Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (standing, left), Peggy Whitson of NASA (standing, second from the left), and Oleg Novitskiy (standing, second from the right) and prime crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin (right). Rubins, Ivanishin and Onishi will launch July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

STS037-29-002 (5-11 April 1991) --- Astronauts Linda M. Godwin and Jerry L. Ross perform a balancing act on Atlantis' middeck. With little effort Godwin is able to hold Ross up near the ceiling with her index finger. Although the area the two occupy is very small, a number of articles are seen, including two sleep restraints, the escape pole and Bioserve ITA Materials Dispersion Apparatus bioprocessing test bed (attached to stowage lockers at left). This was one of the visuals used by the STS-37 crewmembers during their April 19 post-flight press conference at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

jsc2025e015860 (March 7, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot Nichole Ayers poses for a portrait in her pressure suit at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e015859 (March 7, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Commander Anne McClain poses for a portrait in her pressure suit at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050130 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman is pictured smiling in her flight suit during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

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

jsc2024e050131 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman poses for a photo in her flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050128 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman focuses on her training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

Astronaut N. Jan Davis, with her arms over her head, adjusts her helmet visor during crewmember shuttle suit fit check conducted at JSC's Crew Systems Laboratory Bldg 7.

CAROL REED ADMIRES QUILT MADE BY HER MOTHER, ERMADINE RALPH FOR HER FRIEND NORMA BOLANDER AS A RETIREMENT PRESENT.

STS102-E-5048 (10 March 2001) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, STS-102 mission specialist, looks over some supplies on the mid deck. Helms is one of two astronauts assigned to space walk duties after the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS) link in Earth orbit. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

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

jsc2024e052331 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in her flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2026e002317 (Jan. 14, 2026) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in her pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - A wreath was laid at the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame honoring Sally K. Ride, who became America's first woman in space in 1983. Following her death on July 23, 2012, Ride is being remembered for her service to NASA and for her efforts to encourage children to study math, science and technology. A California-born physicist, she broke the gender barrier 29 years ago when she rode to orbit aboard space shuttle Challenger on STS-7. Ride subsequently served, again as a mission specialist, on STS-41G in 1984. Following her career with NASA, in 2001 Ride founded her own company, Sally Ride Science, to pursue her long-time passion of motivating youth -- especially girls and young women -- to pursue careers in technical fields. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberger, Expedition 36 flight engineer, watches a water bubble float freely between her and the camera, showing her image refracted in the droplet, while in the Node 1Unity module of the International Space Station.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg,Expedition 36 flight engineer,arranges her hair so that it can float straight up from her head. Photo was taken in the Node 1 module. Sent also as Twitter message.

jsc2023e052881 (Sept. 13, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara prepares to enter a Soyuz spacecraft simulator in her Sokol launch and entry suit for preflight training before beginning her mission to the International Space Station.

iss064e031800 (Feb. 11,2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins signs her name near her mission's insignia sticker in the vestibule between the Tranquility module and the NanoRacks Bishop airlock.

ISS036-E-028784 (3 July 2013) --- Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg uses some of her off-duty time on the International Space Station for sewing -- one of her many hobbies.

iss064e031802 (Feb. 11,2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker signs her name near her mission's insignia sticker in the vestibule between the Tranquility module and the NanoRacks Bishop airlock.

Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA puts her hands up to the glass to meet her mother, while in quarantine, after having her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for her launch aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the same day and will carry McClain, Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Former astronauts Jon McBride, left, and Bob Crippen, center, along with Kennedy Space Center director Bob Cabana, also a former astronaut, laid a wreath at the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame honoring Sally K. Ride, who became America's first woman in space in 1983. Following her death on July 23, 2012, Ride is being remembered for her service to NASA and for her efforts to encourage children to study math, science and technology. Crippen was commander on both of Ride's space shuttle missions. McBride was pilot on her second flight. Ride was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003. A California-born physicist, she broke the gender barrier 29 years ago when she rode to orbit aboard space shuttle Challenger on STS-7. Ride subsequently served, again as a mission specialist, on STS-41G in 1984. Following her career with NASA, in 2001 Ride founded her own company, Sally Ride Science, to pursue her long-time passion of motivating youth -- especially girls and young women -- to pursue careers in technical fields. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina poses for a portrait before her launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Jane Kenna of Atlanta, granddaughter of the late Sen. John C. Stennis, visits StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. Kenna and her husband, John, visited Stennis on April 6, her first trip to the rocket engine testing facility since the 1988 ceremony to rename the site in honor of her grandfather.

Jane Kenna of Atlanta, granddaughter of the late Sen. John C. Stennis, stands with her husband, John, near a bust of her grandfather displayed in StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. Kenna visited Stennis on April 6, her first trip to the rocket engine testing facility since the 1988 ceremony to rename the site in honor of Stennis.

S131-E-008422 (9 April 2010) --- After many months of training in simulators, NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, STS-131 mission specialist, gets to put her skills to work at the controls for the shuttle Remote Manipulator System on Discovery's aft flight deck during her crew's flight day five activities. Her work is being shared with six Discovery crewmates as well as the six cosmonauts and astronauts currently assigned to the International Space Station.

S131-E-008423 (9 April 2010) --- After many months of training in simulators, NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, STS-131 mission specialist, gets to put her skills to work at the controls for the shuttle Remote Manipulator System on Discovery's aft flight deck during her crew's flight day five activities. Her work is being shared with six Discovery crewmates as well as the six cosmonauts and astronauts currently assigned to the International Space Station.

At her Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 50-51 crewmember Peggy Whitson of NASA tries her hand at a game of ping-pong Nov. 10 as part of her preflight activities. Whitson, Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (left) and Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

JSC2009-E-226239 (28 Oct. 2009) --- Astronaut Tracy Caldwell, Expedition 23/24 flight engineer, attired in a training version of her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participates in a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Divers are in the water to assist Caldwell in her rehearsal, which is intended to help prepare her for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Pam Melroy is ceremonially sworn-in as the 15th NASA Deputy Administrator by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, as her husband Douglas Hollett, holds their family Bible, and her brothers David, Stephen and her nephew Ryan, right, look on, Monday, June 21, 2021, at NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Melroy is a former NASA astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An elder of her Navaho tribe, Dorothy Cody shares the stage with her granddaughter Radmilla Cody (not shown), the 2001 Miss Navaho Nation, who is singing the "Star Spangled Banner" in her native language during a pre-launch Native American ceremony. The ceremony was part of several days' activities commemorating John B. Herrington as the first tribally enrolled Native American astronaut to fly on a Shuttle mission. Herrington is a Mission Specialist on STS-113.