Administrator Flight Experience Awards

NASA employee Charles Meilbye gestures from inside the canopy of one of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s personal F-5 aircraft as it prepares to take off from the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. As part of the administrator’s Flight Experience Award program, Meilbye and other NASA awardees donned NASA flight suits, completed preflight briefings, and experienced a unique flight. The ride-along flight experience award program highlights NASA’s commitment to celebrating excellence across the workforce.

NASA employee Charles Meilbye gestures from inside the canopy of one of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s personal F-5 aircraft as it prepares to take off from the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. As part of the administrator’s Flight Experience Award program, Meilbye and other NASA awardees donned NASA flight suits, completed preflight briefings, and experienced a unique flight. The ride-along flight experience award program highlights NASA’s commitment to celebrating excellence across the workforce.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location LLF
Flight Experience AwardsJared IsaacmanKennedy Space CenterNASA Administrator