NASA Administrator Bridenstine learns about the many uses for mission control rooms for flight research projects such as monitoring the flights for safety, gathering data and talking to the pilot and project researcher.

The 1960s Star Trek television series’ cast member Chief Medical Officer Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy played by DeForest Kelley talks to Bill Dana, NASA X-15 pilot, in front of one of three X-15’s during visit to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, now Armstrong, back in 1967.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At right, STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot James Kelly, and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Stephen Robinson talk to workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Noguchi is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

NASA astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test Pilot Suni Williams Suni Williams uses a HAM radio and talks to students from Banda Aceh, Indonesia, answering their questions about life in space and other space related subjects aboard the International Space Station.

S65-32993 (7 June 1965) --- Astronauts James A. McDivitt (left), Gemini-Titan 4 command pilot; and Edward H. White II, pilot, are seen talking to personnel on the recovery ship USS Wasp.

Pilot Jett talks to members of the suiting crew in the white room at Pad 39B before entering the Space Shuttle Atlantis for launch of the STS-81 mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins talk to workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility. With her (at left) are Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi, and Pilot James Kelly. Noguchi is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Charles Camarda talks to workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Behind him (left to right) are other crew members: Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi, Pilot James Kelly and Commander Eileen Collins. Camarda is a new addition to the crew. Noguchi is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - (From left) STS-114 Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi, Pilot James Kelly and Commander Eileen Collins talk to workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Noguchi is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

STS-83 Pilot Susan L. Still talks to the media at Launch Complex 39A during the crew's <a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/1997/40-97.htm">Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT).</a

S71-36874 (10 June 1971) --- University of Texas geologist/professor William R. Muelhberger (left) talks with astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 commander, during an Apollo 16 geology field trip to Mono Crater, Calif. Astronaut Charles Duke, lunar module pilot, is seen at frame center, talking to geologist David Wones (second left). Astronaut Anthony England, Apollo 16 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), is at right. Photo credit: NASA

STS057-40-028 (21 June-1 July 1993) --- Astronaut Brian Duffy, pilot, talks to amateur radio operators on Earth from the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. The space to Earth communications was part of the Shuttle amateur radio experiment (SAREX), which has been included on a number of Space Shuttle missions. Duffy, a licensed amateur radio operator using call letters N5WQW, was among crewmembers talking to students at various points on the ground.

President Barack Obama talks to attendees during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the White House in Washington. One of the awardees was former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States Senator John Glenn. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S61-02897 (21 July 1961) --- Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) ?Liberty Bell 7? spaceflight, talking on the phone with President Kennedy. Grissom is still wearing his pressure suit. Photo credit: NASA

STS79-E-5192 (21 September 1996) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, pilot, talks about shared chores with cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun, Mir-22 commander on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' flight deck, during Flight Day 6.

President Barack Obama talks to attendees during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the White House in Washington. One of the awardees was former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States Senator John Glenn. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The 1960s Star Trek television series’ cast members visit NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, now called Armstrong, in 1967. The show’s Chief Engineer Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott played by James Doohan talks with NASA Pilot Bruce Peterson.

STS100-345-015 (19 April-1 May 2001) --- Astronaut Jeffrey S. Ashby, STS-100 pilot, talks to amateur radio operators on the ground from a special work station on the functional cargo block (FGB) or Zarya module of the International Space Station (ISS).

President Barack Obama talks to attendees during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the White House in Washington. One of the awardees was former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States Senator John Glenn. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S65-61755 (4 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Gemini-7 spaceflight, talks with astronaut Alan Shepard, chief, MSC Astronaut Office, in the suiting up trailer at Launch Complex 16, during the Gemini-7 prelaunch countdown. A 14-day mission in space is scheduled for astronaut Borman and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot. The Gemini-7 liftoff occurred at 2:30 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 4, 1965. Photo credit: NASA

S66-42780 (21 July 1966) --- The crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, astronaut John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, talk on live radio and television during welcome aboard ceremonies on the deck of the USS Guadalcanal. The astronauts were picked up from the ocean, following a successful splashdown, by a recovery helicopter and flown to the Guadalcanal to begin postflight medical and technical debriefings. Photo credit: NASA

S70-34851 (11 April 1970) --- A space suit technician talks with astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot for NASA's Apollo 13 mission, during suiting up procedures at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Other members of the crew are astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. Swigert replaced astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II as a member of the crew when it was learned he had been exposed to measles.

Former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States Sen. John Glenn speaks to those in attendance as he introduces NASA Administrator Charles Bolden as the speaker for the 2012 John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History, Wednesday evening, June 27, 2012, at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Bolden talked about his career as a Marine aviator, a Space Shuttle pilot and commander, and his leadership of America's space agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Pilot James Kelly talks with Bren Wade, captain of the Liberty Star, one of the SRB Retrieval Ships docked at Hangar AF on the Banana River. Kelly and other crew members Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Stephen Robinson toured the ships. Noguchi is with the Japanese space agency NASDA. Mission STS-114 will carry the MultiPurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and External Stowage Platform 2 to the International Space Station. The MPLM will contain supplies and equipment. Another goal of the mission is to remove and replace a Control Moment Gyro. Launch date for mission STS-114 is under review.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Captain Bren Wade of the Liberty Star, one of two SRB Retrieval Ships, talks to STS-114 crew members about the engines. Seen at left are Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, who is with the Japanese space agency NASDA.. On their mission, the crew - which includes Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson - will carry the MultiPurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and External Stowage Platform 2 to the International Space Station. The MPLM will contain supplies and equipment. Another goal of the mission is to remove and replace a Control Moment Gyro. Launch date for mission STS-114 is under review.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Standing next to a Starfighter aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lee A. Archer Jr., one of the Tuskegee Airmen, shares his experiences as a combat fighter pilot. Earlier, Archer made a special presentation to the Kennedy work force, talking about his years as a combat fighter pilot, civil rights leader and business executive. Archer is the only Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot to receive the honor “Ace” for shooting down five enemy aircraft during WWII. He retired as Air Force Command Pilot after 30 years of military service, 1941-1971. Archer is at Kennedy to serve as Military Marshall of the 2008 KSC Space & Air Show, Nov. 8-9. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

HOUSTON – Chris Ferguson, a former space shuttle commander who is now director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing Space Exploration, talks with an engineer following simulations that showed that the CST-100 software. Boeing demonstrated that the CST-100 software allows a human pilot to take over control of the spacecraft from the computer during all phases of a mission following separation from the launch vehicle. The pilot-in-the-loop demonstration at the Houston Product Support Center is a milestone under Boeing's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability agreement with the agency and its Commercial Crew Program. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Stafford

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pilot Steve Fossett talks to the media about the reason the takeoff of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer was postponed. Behind Fossett is Sir Richard Branson, chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic. Behind both is the GlobalFlyer aircraft. Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett was expected to take off from the KSC SLF before the takeoff was postponed due to the fuel leak that appeared in the last moments of loading. The next planned takeoff attempt is 7 a.m. Feb. 8 from the SLF. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pilot Steve Fossett (left) and Sir Richard Branson (right) talk with Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer team members about the fuel leak detected in the aircraft. Branson is chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic. Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett was expected to take off from the KSC SLF before the takeoff was postponed due to the fuel leak that appeared in the last moments of loading. The next planned takeoff attempt is 7 a.m. Feb. 8 from the SLF. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The principals in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer long-distance attempt talk to the media gathered at a press conference held at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s television studio. Seated from left are Jim Ball, manager of KSC Spaceport Development; Steve Fossett, the pilot; and Sir Richard Branson, chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic. Steve Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett is expected to take off from the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility early Tuesday morning. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Command module pilot of Apollo 9 and commander of Apollo 15 David Scott talks to attendees of the Apollo 14 Anniversary Soirée at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. The celebration was hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Apollo 14 landed on the lunar surface 40 years ago on Feb. 5, 1971. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Shuttle Main Engine Shop at KSC, Boeing Tech Operations’ Team Manager Matthew McClelland (left) talks with STS-114 Pilot James Kelly. At right are Mission Specialists Wendy Lawrence and Charles Camarda. One of the main engines is in the background. Crew members are touring several areas on Center. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment plus the external stowage platform to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, Sir Richard Branson (left), chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic, talks with Steve Fossett. They are standing next to the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft, which Fossett will pilot on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett is expected to take off from the Shuttle Landing Facility early Tuesday morning. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-114 Pilot James Kelly (left) talks with NASA Systems Engineer Robert Rokobauer inside one of the cabs on a Crawler-Transporter. The crawlers had recent modifications to the cab and muffler system. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment plus the external stowage platform to the International Space Station.

S65-61756 (4 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. (left), Gemini-7 prime crew pilot, talks with NASA spacesuit technician Clyde Teague during suiting up procedures at Launch Complex 16, Kennedy Space Center. Lovell wears the new light-weight spacesuit planned for use during the Gemini-7 mission. Photo credit: NASA

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 and commander of Apollo 17 Gene Cernan talks to attendees of the Apollo 14 Anniversary Soirée at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. The celebration was hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Apollo 14 landed on the lunar surface 40 years ago on Feb. 5, 1971. Cernan was the backup commander for the Apollo 14 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Brad Flick, center director at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, talks to students from California State University, Northridge, California. As part of the university’s Autonomy Research Center for science, technology, engineering, entrepreneurship, arts, humanities, and mathematics, the students displayed posters and answered questions about their technologies May 23 at the Air Force Test Pilot School auditorium on Edwards Air Force Base, California.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, Sir Richard Branson (left), chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic, talks with Steve Fossett. They are standing next to the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft, which Fossett will pilot on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett is expected to take off from the Shuttle Landing Facility early Tuesday morning. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the SRB Assembly and Refurbishment Facility, STS-114 crew members Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas talk with Tom Engler, Marshall Space Flight Center SRB Resident Office lead. The STS-114 crew is at KSC for familiarization with Shuttle and mission equipment. The mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment, plus the external stowage platform, to the International Space Station.

S65-57481 (25 Oct. 1965) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot of the Gemini-7 spaceflight, undergoes weight and balance tests in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building, Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center. Talking with Lovell are (left to right) Charlie Beaty, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation; Karl Stoien, MAC; NASA suit technician Al Rochferd; and Norm Batterson, Weber Aircraft Corporation. Photo credit: NASA

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks about his career as a marine aviator, as Space Shuttle pilot and commander, and his leadership of America's space agency during a speech, Wednesday evening, June 27, 2012, in Washington. Bolden spoke was the guest speaker at the 2012 John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

The e-Genius pilots talk with a fellow team member prior to their takeoff for the miles per gallon (MPG) flight during the 2011 Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are having the challenge with the goal to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Space Shuttle Mission STS-83 crew talks to the media at Launch Complex 39A during the crew's <a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/1997/40-97.htm">Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT).</a> From left to right, they are Mission Commander James D. Halsell; Pilot Susan L. Still; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt, Donald Thomas, and Janice E. Voss (holding microphone); and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris

S61-02882 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, talks with backup pilot John H. Glenn prior to insertion. The Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission was scrubbed a few hours later due to unfavorable weather over the launch pad. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell talks to attendees of the Apollo 14 Anniversary Soirée at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. The celebration was hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Apollo 14 landed on the lunar surface 40 years ago on Feb. 5, 1971. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

S65-59975 (15 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot of NASA's Gemini-6 spaceflight, relaxes in the suiting trailer at Launch Complex 16 during the Gemini-6 prelaunch countdown at Cape Kennedy, Florida. He is talking with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., chief, Astronaut Office, Manned Spacecraft Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, talks about the construction around the site where the World Trade Center once stood to NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, right, and members of the STS-135 crew including commander Chris Ferguson, left, mission specialist Rex Walheim, second right, and pilot Doug Hurley, rear, as they tour the area, Wednesday evening, Aug. 18, 2011, in New York. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students at the conclusion of an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

STS064-311-031 (10 Sept. 1994) --- Astronaut Mark C. Lee, STS-64 mission specialist, at a Payload General Support Computer (PGSC) on the space shuttle Discovery's flight deck, talks to ground controllers about the Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX). Astronaut L. Blaine Hammond, pilot, is partially visible in the background. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

STS051-S-112 (12 Sept 1993) --- Inside the White Room, astronaut Carl E. Walz talks to suit technicians prior to ingressing the Space Shuttle Discovery. Walz, mission specialist, was joined by astronauts Frank L. Culbertson Jr., mission commander; William F. Readdy, pilot; and James H. Newman and Daniel W. Bursch, mission specialists for the almost ten-day flight. Launch occurred at 7:45 a.m. (EDT), September 12, 1993.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Command module pilot for Apollo 15 Al Worden talks to attendees of the Apollo 14 Anniversary Soirée at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. The celebration was hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Apollo 14 landed on the lunar surface 40 years ago on Feb. 5, 1971. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The mission STS-119 crew talk about the mission during a Crew Equipment Interface Test activity. From the left are Mission Specialist Michael Gernhardt, Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Carlos Noriega. The mission will deliver the fourth and final set of U.S. solar arrays along with the fourth starboard truss segment, the S6 truss. Mission STS-119 is scheduled to launch in January 2004.

STS105-E-5364 (20 August 2001) --- Frederick W. Sturckow (center), STS-105 pilot, talks with Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, in Unity Node 1. In the background, Scott J. Horowitz, STS-105 commander, is trying on Vladimir N. Dezhurov's, Expedition Three flight engineer, Russian Sokol suit. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

S62-04057 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier USS Intrepid. Carpenter was recovered by a helicopter and taken to the Intrepid after a four-hour and 56-minute mission in space. Photo credit: NASA

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, talks about Apollo astronaut Al Worden during a ceremony, Thursday, July 30, 2009, where Worden was honored with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Worden served as command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Victor Glover talks with school students in person and via live stream during an educational event, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Glover most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed after a long duration mission aboard the International Space Station, May 2, 2021. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S85-40172 (5 Sept. 1985) --- Astronauts Ronald E. McNair (left), mission specialist, and Michael J. Smith, pilot, talk about their upcoming space mission in JSC's astronaut office. SINCE THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE: McNair, Smith and five other crew members lost their lives in the Challenger accident on Jan. 28, 1986. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Command module pilot of Apollo 9 and commander of Apollo 15 David Scott talks to attendees of the Apollo 14 Anniversary Soirée at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. The celebration was hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Apollo 14 landed on the lunar surface 40 years ago on Feb. 5, 1971. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

S66-45579 (6 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. (right), prime crew command pilot of the Gemini-12 spaceflight, talks with Burton M. Gifford (left) and Duane K. Mosel (center), both with the Simulation Branch, Flight Crew Support Division. Lovell was preparing to undergo flight training in the Gemini Mission Simulator in Building 5, Mission Simulation and Training Facility. Photo credit: NASA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the STS-112 crew leaves the crew transport vehicle, they are greeted by mission managers and guests. The crew, from left, are Mission Specialists David Wolf, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sandra Magnus; Pilot Pamela Melroy; Piers Sellers (talking to Acting Deputy Director JoAnn Morgan) and Commander Jeffrey Ashby (talking to Launch Director Mike Leinbach). Morgan is also Director of External Relations and Business Development. The crew returned to KSC after completing a 4.5-million-mile journey to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown occurred at 11:43:40 a.m. EDT; nose gear touchdown at 11:43:48 a.m.; and wheel stop at 11:44:35 a.m. Mission elapsed time was 10:19:58:44. Mission STS-112 expanded the size of the Station with the addition of the S1 truss segment. .

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Grant Gilmore (left), Dynamac Corp., talks to another member of the research team conducting underwater acoustic research in the Launch Complex 39 turn basin. Several government agencies, including NASA, NOAA, the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission are involved in the testing. The research involves demonstrations of passive and active sensor technologies, with applications in fields ranging from marine biological research to homeland security. The work is also serving as a pilot project to assess the cooperation between the agencies involved. Equipment under development includes a passive acoustic monitor developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and mobile robotic sensors from the Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit.

STS054-S-012 (15 Jan 1993) --- McMonagle talks to a radio station from the flight deck of Endeavour while, in the background, several crewmates await their turns to communicate with other stations. The scene was recorded at 13:54:14:13 GMT, Jan. 15, 1993.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - (From left, backs to the camera) Pilot Steve Fossett, Sir Richard Branson and Jon Karkow talk with the media about the reason the takeoff of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer was postponed. Branson is chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic. Karkow, with Scaled Composites, is chief engineer for the GlobalFlyer. Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett was expected to take off from the KSC SLF before the takeoff was postponed due to the fuel leak that appeared in the last moments of loading. The next planned takeoff attempt is 7 a.m. Feb. 8 from the SLF. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

S70-35748 (20 April 1970) --- Dr. Donald K. Slayton (center foreground), MSC director of flight crew operations, talks with Dr. Wernher von Braun (right), famed rocket expert, at an Apollo 13 postflight debriefing session. The three crewmen of the problem-plagued Apollo 13 mission (left to right) in the background are astronauts James A Lovell Jr., commander; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. The apparent rupture of oxygen tank number two in the Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) and the subsequent damage forced the three astronauts to use the Lunar Module (LM) as a "lifeboat" to return home safely after their moon landing was canceled. Dr. von Braun is the deputy associate administrator for planning of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pilot Steve Fossett (facing camera, left) and Sir Richard Branson (second from right) talk with Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer team members about the fuel leak detected in the aircraft. Branson is chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic. Steve Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett was expected to take off from the KSC SLF before the takeoff was postponed due to the fuel leak that appeared in the last moments of loading. The next planned takeoff attempt is 7 a.m. Feb. 8 from the SLF. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Pilot Steve Fossett (far right), Sir Richard Branson (center) and Jon Karkow (far left) talk to the media about the reason the takeoff of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer was postponed. Branson is chairman and founder of Virgin Atlantic. Karkow, with Scaled Composites, is chief engineer for the GlobalFlyer. Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett was expected to take off from the KSC SLF before the takeoff was postponed due to the fuel leak that appeared in the last moments of loading. The next planned takeoff attempt is 7 a.m. Feb. 8 from the SLF. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart (second from right), are both pointing at the KSC Apollo/Saturn V rocket inside the building as they talk to other guests on the tour. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center

Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-56) onboard photo of Pilot Stephen S. Oswald (wearing a headset) uses the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II (SAREX-II) while sitting at the pilot's station on the forward flight deck. Oswald smiled from behind the microphone as he talks to amateur radio operators on Earth via the SAREX equipment. SAREX cables and the interface module freefloat in front of Oswald. The anterna located in the forward flight deck window is visible in the background. SAREX was established by NASA, the American Radio League/Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation and the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Amateur Radio Club to encourage public participation in the space program through a program to demonstrate the effectiveness of conducting short-wave radio transmissions between the Shuttle and ground-based radio operators at low-cost ground stations with amateur and digital techniques.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-114 crew talks to the Discovery processing team in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The crew members, from left, are Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Stephen Robinson and Pilot James Kelly. Also present but not pictured are Mission Specialists Wendy Lawrence, Andrew Thomas and Charles Camarda; and Commander Eileen Collins. Noguchi represents the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency. The crew is at KSC for familiarization with Shuttle and mission equipment. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment, plus the external stowage platform, to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-98 crew talks to the press at a briefing at Launch Pad 39A. With the microphone is Commander Ken Cockrell, who discusses the EVAs on the mission. The other crew members are (left to right) Pilot Mark Polansky, Mission Specialist Thomas Jones, [Cockrell], and Mission Specialists Marsha Ivins and Robert Curbeam. They are at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also include a simulated launch countdown. STS-98 is the seventh construction flight to the International Space Station, carrying as payload the U.S. Lab Destiny, a key element in the construction of the ISS. Launch of STS-98 is scheduled for Jan. 19 at 2:11 a.m

STS121-S-065 (17 July 2006) --- Dr. Michael Griffin (right), NASA Administrator, talks with STS-121 crew members (L to R) Michael E. Fossum, mission specialist; Mark E. Kelly, pilot; Lisa M. Nowak, mission specialist; and Steven W. Lindsey, commander, after the landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery and conclusion of mission STS-121. The crew of seven tested new equipment and procedures to improve shuttle safety, as well as deliver supplies and make repairs to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

S81-30853 (14 April 1981) --- Astronaut John W. Young, left center talks with George W.S. Abbey, director of flight operations at Johnson Space Center, following egress from the STS-1 Columbia, which forms the backdrop for this postflight scene. Young is en route to the van at right which will take him and fellow crew member Robert L. Crippen (STS-1 pilot still inside Columbia) to facilities at nearby Dryden Flight Research Center. Columbia will be mated to a 747 carrier craft and flown to Florida, where it will be refurbished to accommodate STS-2, scheduled for a Sept. 30 launch date. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2001-E-04805 (21 February 2001) --- JSC director George W.S. Abbey talks with the STS-98 crew members following the arrival of the Gulfstream Aircraft which transported the astronauts from their landing at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) in Edwards, California. Pictured along side Mr. Abbey is astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander. Behind him (from the left distant background) are astronauts Robert L. Curbeam and Thomas D. Jones (both mission specialists) and Mark L. Polansky, pilot. Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist, is out of the frame.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-104 crew talks to the media at the Shuttle Landing Facility after arriving at Kennedy Space Center to make final preparations for their launch. From left to right are Mission Specialists James F. Reilly, Janet Lynn Kavandi and Michael L. Gernhardt; Commander Steven W. Lindsey (at microphone); and Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled for July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is the 10th assembly flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module, which will become the primary path for spacewalk entry and departure using both U.S. spacesuits and the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-129 Pilot Barry E. Wilmore, at left, talks with STS-129 Launch Director Mike Leinbach at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission have arrived at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for November. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-114 crew talks to the Discovery processing team in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The crew members, from left, are Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi and Stephen Robinson; Pilot James Kelly; Mission Specialists Wendy Lawrence, Andrew Thomas and Charles Camarda; and Commander Eileen Collins. Noguchi represents the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency. The crew is at KSC for familiarization with Shuttle and mission equipment. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment, plus the external stowage platform, to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, right, and Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, talk as teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida practiced various emergency rescue training scenarios with the Artemis II crew, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, ahead of the Artemis II mission. In the unlikely event of an emergency during launch countdown at Launch Complex 39B, personnel will be transported in mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, or MRAPS, from the pad and to one of the triage site locations at Kennedy. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Before dawn on NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), Steve Fossett talks to the media about the anticipated flight of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. Fossett will pilot the GlobalFlyer on a record-breaking attempt by flying solo, non-stop without refueling, to surpass the current record for the longest flight of any aircraft. Fossett is expected to take off from the KSC SLF. Later, takeoff of the GlobalFlyer was postponed due to a fuel leak that appeared during the last moments of loading. The next planned takeoff attempt is 7 a.m. Feb. 8 from the SLF. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

STS064-04-009 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- Astronaut L. Blaine Hammond, STS-64 pilot, talks to students on Earth via the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) on the space shuttle Discovery's flight deck. The recently licensed "Ham" operator and several other crew members throughout the mission were connected with schools around the world with the aid of a number of amateur radio operators. Hammond joined five other NASA astronauts for almost 11 days in Earth orbit aboard Discovery. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-104 crew talks to the media at the Shuttle Landing Facility after arriving at Kennedy Space Center to make final preparations for their launch. From left to right are Mission Specialists James F. Reilly, Janet Lynn Kavandi and Michael L. Gernhardt; Commander Steven W. Lindsey (at microphone); and Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled for July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is the 10th assembly flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module, which will become the primary path for spacewalk entry and departure using both U.S. spacesuits and the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- STS-123 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson talks to the media about his experiences on the mission to the International Space Station. The crew landed at Kennedy aboard space shuttle Endeavour at 8:39 p.m. EDT March 26. Endeavour's 16-day flight was the longest shuttle mission to the International Space Station and included a record five spacewalks. The shuttle's seven astronauts worked with the three-member station crew and ground teams around the world to install the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

S90-45785 (16 Aug 1990) --- Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, STS-40 mission specialist, is pictured in a training version of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit talking with a fellow crewmember and members of the crew training staff. At left is astronaut Sidney M. Gutierrez, pilot for the flight. Dr. Jernigan was about to be submerged in the Johnson Space Center's 25-ft. deep weightless environment training facility (WET-F) pool to simulate a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA). There is no EVA scheduled for STS-40, the Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission.

STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy (left) talks with a worker during inspection of the payload (behind them) in Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay. He and other crew members Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of Japan, Leroy Chiao, Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and William S. McArthur Jr. are preparing for launch on Oct. 5, 2000. The mission is the fifth flight for the construction of the International Space Station. The payload includes the Integrated Truss Structure Z-1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. During the 11-day mission, four extravehicular activities (EVAs), or space walks, are planned

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-114 Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas (left) talks to NASA Systems Engineer Robert Rokobauer (right) about the Crawler-Transporters. At center is Pilot James Kelly. Behind them is one of the 5.5-million-pound crawlers. The 10-foot-high track, one of two, contains 278 “shoes,” weighing 2,200 pounds each. The crawlers are guided by four trucks, one on each corner. The crawlers had recent modifications to the cab and muffler system. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment plus the external stowage platform to the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-125 Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld (left) and Mike Good take a close look at the wing on space shuttle Atlantis. Behind them, talking to a technician, are Commander Scott Altman (left), Pilot Gregory C. Johnson (center) and Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel. The crew is at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, which provides hands-on experience with hardware and equipment for the mission. Atlantis is targeted to launch on the STS-125 Hubble Servicing Mission 4 on Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

S96-08027 (22 April 1996) --- The crew talk to the news media at Launch Pad 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). From left are astronauts Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist; Mario Runco, Jr., mission specialist; John H. Casper, commander; Daniel W. Bursch, mission specialist; Marc Garneau, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA); and Curtis L. Brown, Jr., pilot. The astronauts are at KSC for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is undergoing preparations at Pad 39B for liftoff on the fourth Shuttle flight of 1996 around May 16, 1996.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shortly after the landing of Endeavour, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (center) talks with STS-97 Pilot Michael Bloomfield (left) and Commander Brent Jett (right) underneath the orbiter. Landing occurred at 6:04 p.m. EST. On the 4.4-million-mile mission, Endeavour carried the P6 Integrated Truss Structure with solar arrays to power the International Space Station. The arrays and other equipment were installed during three EVAs that totaled 19 hours, 20 minutes. Endeavour was docked with the Space Station for 6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes. This is the 16th nighttime landing for a Space Shuttle and the 53rd at Kennedy Space Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Pilot Ken Ham talks with suit technicians after donning a harness over his launch and entry suit. Behind him is the hatch for entry into space shuttle Discovery. The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system, or RMS. The 14-day flight includes three spacewalks. Photo credit: NASA/Scott Haun, Tom Farrar, Kevin O'Connell

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shortly after the landing of Endeavour, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (center) talks with STS-97 Pilot Michael Bloomfield (left) and Commander Brent Jett (right) underneath the orbiter. Landing occurred at 6:04 p.m. EST. On the 4.4-million-mile mission, Endeavour carried the P6 Integrated Truss Structure with solar arrays to power the International Space Station. The arrays and other equipment were installed during three EVAs that totaled 19 hours, 20 minutes. Endeavour was docked with the Space Station for 6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes. This is the 16th nighttime landing for a Space Shuttle and the 53rd at Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla., STS-116 Pilot William Oefelein and Commander Mark Polansky relax during equipment familiarization to talk to astronaut Marsha Ivins, who is currently assigned to the Astronaut Office, Space Station/Shuttle Branches for crew equipment, habitability and stowage. Mission crews make frequent trips to the Space Coast to become familiar with the equipment and payloads they will be using. STS-116 will be mission number 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Dec. 7. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After their arrival on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the crew members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission gather to talk to the media. From left are Mission Specialist Gregory Chamitoff, Pilot Ken Ham, Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg, Commander Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Ron Garan, Akihiko Hoshide and Mike Fossum. Hoshide represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Launch of Discovery is scheduled for 5:02 p.m. May 31. On the STS-124 mission, the crew of seven will deliver and install the Japanese Experiment Module – Pressurized Module and Japanese Remote Manipulator System. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett