
Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, addresses an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, addresses an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

NASA Honors awards medal - Outstanding Leadership

Supervisory employees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center participated in the Supervisor Cohort “Action Day” hosted by Leadership for the Future at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Friday, June 7, 2024. NASA Kennedy’s Leadership for the Future supervisor cohort initiative focuses on creating a space for supervisors to engage in providing solutions for important topics on center, as well as supporting the development of the supervisory community. The Leadership for the Future Champions hosted the Action Day to share expectations, form the teams, scope the projects, and launch. Leadership for the Future Champions, comprising several of the spaceport’s senior leaders, select the supervisor cohorts with the goal of advancing the spaceport, the agency, and America’s leadership in space.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, GRC Deputy Center Director, Ralph Roe, NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Janet Kavandi, GRC Center Director, and Terrence Wilcutt, NASA Chief Safety and Mission Assurance, address an audience of GRC managers during a Lessons In Leadership Series, Executive Leadership Workshop at Glenn Research Center. August 13, 2019.

Members of the 2007 class of Partners in Leadership toured NASA Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., on Jan. 11. They visited the center's B Test Stand, part of the center's rocket engine test complex. The Partners in Leadership training program is designed to teach Pearl River County leaders about their county's government, economic development, health and human services, history and arts, environment and education during a 10-month period. The program, sponsored by the Partners for Pearl River County, helps fulfill the mission of the economic and community development agency.

New Stennis Director Rick Gilbrech (r) shakes hands with his predecessor, Patrick Scheuermann, following announcement of the leadership change during an all hands session Sept. 25. Scheuermann ended his tenure at Stennis to become director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Gilbrech previously served as director at Stennis in 2006-7.

New Stennis Director Rick Gilbrech (r) shakes hands with his predecessor, Patrick Scheuermann, following announcement of the leadership change during an all hands session Sept. 25. Scheuermann ended his tenure at Stennis to become director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Gilbrech previously served as director at Stennis in 2006-7.

Beating the Odds Student Success/ Leadership Program tours the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Beating the Odds Student Success/ Leadership Program tours the Goddard Space Flight Center. Judy Bruner, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate gives a Science on a Sphere Presentation.

Josh White Jr. was keynote speaker for Exploring Leadership Colloquium “A Musical and Storytelling Walk Through Our Civil Rights History” at Goddard on January 19, 2017. He is a musician, vocalist, guitarist, Tony Award-winning actor, Grammy-nominated recording arist, teacher, and social activist.

Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, (Left), and Auburn University President, Dr. Stephen Leahy, were part of the Leadership Alabama group that viewed the SLS Liquid Hydrogen test stand at Marshall Space Flight Center on 3/7/19.

Jody Singer discusses Budget issues, the passing of President George H. W. Bush, and recent appointments to Marshall Leadership positions.

Vice President Mike Pence, meets with NASA leadership, after swearing in Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Vice President Mike Pence, meets with NASA leadership, after swearing in Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, right, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, Vice President Mike Pence, and Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, right, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meet with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, speaks with NASA leadership by video conference, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Chief Financial Officer, Jeff DeWit, right, shake hands while meeting with NASA leadership, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Jim Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, speaks with NASA leadership by video conference, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence as NASA's 13th Administrator. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and other senior leadership meet, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation, speaks to workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019 and takes questions from workers after her presentation. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center right, speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kennedy Space Center workers mingle before a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation was this year’s guest speaker. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Engineer Edsel Sanchez welcomes Kennedy Space Center workers to a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation was this year’s guest speaker. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Information from the Hispanic Federation is on display in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation is this year’s guest speaker. The event, hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group, focused on the theme “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Information from the Hispanic Federation is on display in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Mission Briefing Room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a Hispanic Heritage Month presentation on Oct. 10, 2019. Yanidsi Velez-Bonet, senior director of Florida Programs and Policy for the Hispanic Federation is this year’s guest speaker. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Heritage Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

Members of NASA leadership, leadership with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, and contractor Amentum Services, Inc. leadership pose for a group photo underneath a banner displaying the Artemis II mission insignia outside High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The design designates the mission as “AII,” signifying not only the second major flight of the Artemis campaign, but also an endeavor of discovery that seeks to explore for all and by all. Framed in Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise photo, the scene of the Earth and the Moon represents the dual nature of human spaceflight, both equally compelling: The Moon represents our exploration destination, focused on discovery of the unknown. The Earth represents home, focused on the perspective we gain when we look back at our shared planet and learn what it is to be uniquely human. The orbit around Earth highlights the ongoing exploration missions that have enabled Artemis to set sights on a long-term presence on the Moon and soon, Mars.

Members of NASA leadership, leadership with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, and contractor Amentum Services, Inc. leadership pose for a group photo underneath a banner displaying the Artemis II mission insignia outside High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The design designates the mission as “AII,” signifying not only the second major flight of the Artemis campaign, but also an endeavor of discovery that seeks to explore for all and by all. Framed in Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise photo, the scene of the Earth and the Moon represents the dual nature of human spaceflight, both equally compelling: The Moon represents our exploration destination, focused on discovery of the unknown. The Earth represents home, focused on the perspective we gain when we look back at our shared planet and learn what it is to be uniquely human. The orbit around Earth highlights the ongoing exploration missions that have enabled Artemis to set sights on a long-term presence on the Moon and soon, Mars.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei sign montages for NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA leadership marked the accomplishments of the team at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where technicians recently completed welding together the pressure vessel for the Orion spacecraft and continue to manufacture the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei pose for a photo with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, center, along with NASA Deputy Chief of Staff Jacyln Jester, left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, right, speaks with NASA leadership, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in a meet and greet with NASA leadership, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy meets with NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center Acting Director, Kelvin Manning, and other members of the leadership team, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

The Pearl River County Leadership Class visits the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-1/B-2) during a NASA Stennis tour on Feb. 20. NASA Stennis is at the front end of the critical path for the future of human deep space exploration through NASA’s Artemis campaign. The B-2 side of the Thad Cochran Test Stand is undergoing preparations for exploration upper stage testing. The upper stage is scheduled to undergo Green Run tests of its integrated systems before its first flight on the Artemis IV mission. The test series will culminate with a hot fire of the stage’s four RL10 engines, just as during an actual mission.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers gather at KARS Park II to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers gather at KARS Park II to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers enjoy Hispanic food at KARS Park II during an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA Kennedy Space Center workers enjoy Hispanic food at KARS Park II during an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

A NASA Kennedy Space Center workers enjoys a treat during a gathering at KARS Park II to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17, 2019. The event was hosted by the center’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) employee resource group for Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s theme is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation.” HOLA’s initiatives include education and recruitment, professional networking and development, and community outreach and media support.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA, participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’sKennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications, participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’sKennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, foreground, NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, left, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, right, along with other senior leadership, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

White House Liaison Darren Bossie, left, NASA Chief of Staff Trey Carlson, NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, right, and other NASA senior leadership, meet with NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’sKennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro listens as she visits with NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, right, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with other senior leadership, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Janet Petro, director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, participates in the NASA Leadership Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 18, 2022. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro, left, NASA Expedition 71 astronauts Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, right, along with other senior leadership, meet, Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Dominick, Epps, Barratt, and Dyson served as part of Expedition 71 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren, sign montages from their mission for NASA leadership, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

The Pearl River County Leadership Class stands in front of the Thad Cochran Test Stand during a NASA Stennis site tour on Jan. 18. The group learned about the RS-25 engine certification test series underway for future flights of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and preparations for Green Run testing at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) for NASA’s Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) in support of the Artemis program. EUS is expected to fly on the Artemis IV mission. Prior to that time, it will undergo a series of integrated systems tests to demonstrate it is ready to fly. Through Artemis, NASA will send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. The agency will use what is learned on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap – sending astronauts to Mars.

NASA officials take questions from members of the media in the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium in Florida during the NASA Leadership Media Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), May 18, 2022. From left to right are Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA; NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore; NASA astronaut Mike Fincke; NASA astronaut Suni Williams. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is targeted to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station.

NASA officials take questions from members of the media in the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium in Florida during the NASA Leadership Media Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), May 18, 2022. From left to right are Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; Janet Petro, director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA; NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore; NASA astronaut Mike Fincke; NASA astronaut Suni Williams. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is targeted to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station.

NASA officials take questions from members of the media in the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site auditorium in Florida during the NASA Leadership Media Briefing ahead of the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), May 18, 2022. From left to right are Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; Janet Petro, director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center; Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA; NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore; NASA astronaut Mike Fincke; NASA astronaut Suni Williams. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is targeted to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station.

Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MSET), a public-private partnership between Mississippi Development Authority, NASA, and Mississippi’s research institutions, hosted a visit for University of Mississippi leadership on Sept. 4 to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The visit showcased the center’s federal assets and the role Mississippi Enterprise for Technology plays in supporting industry and driving sustained economic development of the region and state. Pictured, from left to right, are: Davis Pace, president and CEO of MSET; William Kneip, director of External Relations and assistant to the Chancellor for Executive Affairs, University of Mississippi; Amy Lewis, executive director of Federal Relations, University of Mississippi; John Bailey, director of NASA Stennis; Dr. Glenn Boyce, chancellor of the University of Mississippi; Hughes Miller, senior director of Industry Engagement, University of Mississippi; and Dr. John Higginbotham, vice chancellor of Research and Economic Development, University of Mississippi.

Josh White Jr. was keynote speaker for Exploring Leadership Colloquium, he performed “A Musical and Storytelling Walk Through Our Civil Rights History” at Goddard on January 19, 2017. He is a musician, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, Tony Award-winning actor, Grammy-nominated recording artist, teacher, and social activist.

Patti Bieling, news chief at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, moderates a virtual Town Hall meeting on Jan. 13, 2022, for Kennedy employees. Center Director Janet Petro and other center executive leaders hosted the virtual town hall to provide updates on center milestones and answer questions.

Jennifer Kunz, associate director, technical, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, participates in a virtual Town Hall meeting on Jan. 13, 2022, for Kennedy employees. Center Director Janet Petro and other center executive leaders hosted the virtual town hall to provide updates on center milestones and answer questions.

MIKE RUDOLPHI MAKES A POINT DURING PRESENTATION ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA RECOVERY EFFORTS.

MIKE RUDOLPHI MAKES A POINT DURING PRESENTATION ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA RECOVERY EFFORTS.

MIKE RUDOLPHI MAKES A POINT DURING PRESENTATION ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA RECOVERY EFFORTS.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, cuts the ribbon to open NASA’s Earth Information Center alongside agency leadership and leadership from NOAA, USGS, USDA, USAID, EPA, and FEMA, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Earth Information Center is new immersive experience that combines live data sets with cutting-edge data visualization and storytelling to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, cuts the ribbon to open NASA’s Earth Information Center alongside agency leadership and leadership from NOAA, USGS, USDA, USAID, EPA, and FEMA, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Earth Information Center is new immersive experience that combines live data sets with cutting-edge data visualization and storytelling to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Artemis I team members conduct the Artemis I launch pre-test briefing on Sept. 23, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director of Management Burt Summerfield is shown with the Florida spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building in the background on June 29, 2022. Summerfield, who began his career at the center in 1982, is responsible for management of Kennedy’s Center Management and Operations (CMO) budget. His duties include executing the center’s strategic analysis, planning, business development, and communications capability that guide key center decisions and relationships.

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver (right) and Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Rick Gilbrech address NASA employees during a Feb. 23, 2012, all hands meeting onsite. Garver visited Stennis Space Center to meet with senior managers, members of the media and NASA employees to discuss the space agency's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013.

This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states, “Our deep appreciation for your outstanding contribution to the success of Apollo 11”, signed “S”, indicating that it was originally signed by Apollo Program Director General Sam Phillips, pictured second from left. From left to right are; NASA Associate Administrator George Mueller; Phillips; Kurt Debus, Director of the Kennedy Space Center; Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Johnson Space Center; and Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

NASA Chief of Test, Launch and Recovery Operations, Jeremy Graeber, right, speaks to NASA Kennedy Space Center Director, Janet Petro, left, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, and his wife Grace Nelson during a tour of Firing Room 3 at the Launch Control Center, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center right, speak with members of NASA’s Employee Resource Groups during a luncheon, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, speak with members of NASA’s Employee Resource Groups during a luncheon, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is interviewed during a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the first deep space rocket built to carry humans to the moon and beyond since the Saturn V. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is interviewed during a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the first deep space rocket built to carry humans to the moon and beyond since the Saturn V. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, right, pose for a group photograph, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)