State of NASA

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is welcomed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, back left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, back right, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, Megan McArthur and Mark Vande Hei, right, from onboard the International Space Station as Nelson began to address the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Nelson remarked on his long history with NASA, and among other topics, discussed the agency’s plans for future Earth-focused missions to address climate change and a robotic and human return to the Moon through the Artemis program, as well as announcing two new planetary science missions to Venus – VERITAS and DAVINCI+. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is welcomed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, back left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, back right, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, Megan McArthur and Mark Vande Hei, right, from onboard the International Space Station as Nelson began to address the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Nelson remarked on his long history with NASA, and among other topics, discussed the agency’s plans for future Earth-focused missions to address climate change and a robotic and human return to the Moon through the Artemis program, as well as announcing two new planetary science missions to Venus – VERITAS and DAVINCI+. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
Akihiko HoshideAstronautBill NelsonDCESA European Space Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA Mark Vande HeiMary W Jackson NASA HeadquartersMegan McArthurNASA AdministratorShane KimbroughThomas PesquetU S SenatorWashington