NASA Astronaut Engagement Events

Events featuring NASA astronauts discussing missions and engaging with audiences, highlighting teamwork and advancements in space exploration.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 Employee Engagement Event. NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.

These photos show highlights from Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen visit to NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Nov. 27. The crew met and spoke to employees and viewed facilities for SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. All four astronauts signed the Orion stage adapter (OSA), a small ring structure that connects SLS to NASAs Orion spacecraft, that will be used for Artemis II. Koch and Wiseman also visited the Systems Integration Lab, where SLS flight software testing is conducted. The four astronauts will launch atop SLS inside Orion to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis.

Artemis II Crew at GSFC. CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, are seen as they answer questions during an employee engagement event, Friday, May 19, 2023, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, left, and Mark Vande Hei, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, June 15, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Acaba and 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.

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann speaks during a briefing at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida following launch of Boeings Orbital Flight Test, Dec. 20, 2019. Beside her are NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:36 a.m. EST. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test is the Starliners first flight for NASAs Commercial Crew Program.

These photos show highlights from Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen visit to NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Nov. 27. The crew met and spoke to employees and viewed facilities for SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. All four astronauts signed the Orion stage adapter (OSA), a small ring structure that connects SLS to NASAs Orion spacecraft, that will be used for Artemis II. Koch and Wiseman also visited the Systems Integration Lab, where SLS flight software testing is conducted. The four astronauts will launch atop SLS inside Orion to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis.

These photos show highlights from Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen visit to NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Nov. 27. The crew met and spoke to employees and viewed facilities for SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. All four astronauts signed the Orion stage adapter (OSA), a small ring structure that connects SLS to NASAs Orion spacecraft, that will be used for Artemis II. Koch and Wiseman also visited the Systems Integration Lab, where SLS flight software testing is conducted. The four astronauts will launch atop SLS inside Orion to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis.

Artemis II Crew at GSFC. CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, are seen as they answer questions during an employee engagement event, Friday, May 19, 2023, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Crew members of the STS-127 mission return to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to share stories, photos and videos of their experiences on the mission. From left are Mission Specialists Dave Wolf and Julie Payette, Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Christopher Cassidy and Tom Marshburn. The STS-127 mission was the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex on the International Space Station. The crew launched on space shuttle Endeavour on July 15 and returned July 31.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 Employee Engagement Event. NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba speaks at a behind-the-scenes NASA Social at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 in Washington. Acaba launched to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft May 15, 2012, spending 123 days aboard as a flight engineer of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. He recently returned to Earth on Sept. 17 after four months in low earth orbit.

JSC2011-E-050737 (2 June 2011) --- NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) director Michael L. Coats (left) and STS-134 crew members are pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near JSC. Pictured from second left are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Greg H. Johnson, pilot; Michael Fincke, European Space Agencys Roberto Vittori, NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff, all mission specialists.

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, left, and Mark Vande Hei, right, answer questions from the audience after speaking about their time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, June 15, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Acaba and 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.

jsc2019e035254 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) report for their final qualification exams June 26. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

Artemis II Crew at GSFC. CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, are seen as they are introduced during an employee engagement event, Friday, May 19, 2023, during an employee engagement event at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

Expedition 33/34 astronauts onboard the International Space Station answer questions in a live downlink at a NASA Social exploring science on the ISS at NASA Headquarters, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Washington. Seen from left to right are NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Kevin Ford and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Chris Hadfield.

DATE: 9-10-12LOCATION: Ellington Field - Hangar 276 - Tarmac SUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 crew member Karen Nyberg and Expedition 40/41 crew member Reid Wiseman during T-38 Out and Back exercise.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 Employee Engagement Event. NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts, from left to right, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei participate in an employee engagement event, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.

NASA astronauts cheer as fellow astronauts Bob Benhken and Doug Hurley walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2020, during a dress rehearsal ahead of the SpaceX uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test. From left to right are Mike Hopkins, Raja Chari, Victor Glover and Kjell Lindgren. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will lift off from Launch Complex 39A on the flight test, which will demonstrate the spacecrafts escape capabilities in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley are slated to fly on the companys first crewed mission, Demo-2.

Commander Christopher Ferguson (right) and Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, both members of the STS-126 shuttle mission, share highlights of their trip to the International Space Station during their Jan. 13 visit to StenniSphere.

NASAs Crew-4 STEM Event at James W. Robinson Secondary School. NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren answers questions from students during a STEM event with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) at James W. Robinson Secondary School, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Robert Cabana (left) gives a special award to STS-126 Commander Chris Ferguson during the astronauts' presentation of their experiences during the mission. The other crew members (from left) are Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough.

Four members of the STS-130 Endeavour space shuttle crew visited NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center on March 25 to thank facility personnel for their role in enabling the successful February mission to the International Space Station. Commander George Zamka (l to r), Pilot Terry Virts, and Mission Specialists Kathryn and Robert Behnken presented a video recap of their mission and answered questions from Stennis employees about their work. Hire especially thanked Stennis employees for providing the three main engines that powered the crew on their 14-day mission. On their mission, the STS-130 crew delivered a third connecting module - the Tranquility node - that will increase the space station's interior space for crew members and many life support and environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility was a cupola, a robotic control station with seven windows to provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecrafts.

2017 ASCAN Tour of KSC at O&C Hi-Bay Orion Tour

KSC Orion Media Day. Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, stand in front of their Orion crew module with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on Aug. 8, 2023. From left are: Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Hammock Koch, mission specialist; and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. The crew module is undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASAs path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis.

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, left, and Mark Vande Hei, right, answer questions from the audience after speaking about their time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, June 15, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Acaba and 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.

NASA astronauts Michael Fincke, left, and Nicole Mann, right, are seen during a press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center following the launch of Boeings Starliner spacecraft onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. After a successful launch at 6:36 a.m. EST, Boeings CST-100 Starliner is in an unplanned, but stable orbit. The team is assessing what test objectives can be achieved before the spacecrafts return to land in White Sands, New Mexico. Fincke and Mann are assigned to fly on Starliners Crew Flight Test along with Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey speaks to the audience about his experiences in space during a crew return event. With Lindsey on stage are Pilot Eric Boe (right), Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott. The crew launched from Kennedy's Launch Pad 39A aboard space shuttle Discovery on its final flight on February 24, 2011 to the International Space Station. The crew delivered Robonaut 2 and the Permanent Multipurpose Module packed with supplies and critical spare parts on a 13-day mission. Discovery is being processed for retirement and will be displayed at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

The first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station, wave after being announced, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The astronauts are, from left to right: Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Chris Ferguson, Eric Boe, Josh Cassada, and Suni Williams. The agency assigned the nine astronauts to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 Launch - Astronauts walkout at O&C. NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts walk out of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 1, 2023. In front, from left are NASA astronaut Warren Woody Hoburg, pilot; and NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, spacecraft commander. Behind them, from left are Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist; and Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and mission specialist. They will board two Tesla vehicles for the trip to Kennedys Launch Complex 39A, where they will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceXs Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2 from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-6 is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with people as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.

John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, introduces a panel to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, at a press conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Monday, Oct. 28th, 2013. MAVEN is the agency's next mission to Mars and the first devoted to understanding the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet. (

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks to astronaut Karen Nyberg who provides a tour by video, of the mockup Orion crew capsule at Johnson Space Center, during an event to discuss NASAs progress toward sending astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars, Monday, March 11, 2019, at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Representatives from the Kennedy workforce, news media and social media were in attendance.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew participates in a post-landing news conference in the Press Site TV Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are NASA Public Affairs Officer George Diller, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott. Discovery and crew landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m., completing a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station.STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station.

Artemis II astronaut Victor J. Glover participates in NASA Langleys Open House on Saturday, Oct. 21. More than 37,000 people registered to attend the NASA Langley open house. Starting with the Annual 5K Moon Walk Run and the talented Nils Larson, X59 pilot and Astronaut Victor Glover reunited at Langleys hangar and hosted by Center Director Clayton Turner.

John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks to students from Mapletown Jr/Sr High School and Margaret Bell Middle School about his experiences on the final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope during the NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Research Project Capstone Event in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters on Monday, May 5, 2014. Grunsfeld flew on three of the five servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, Expedition 61 prime crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, are seen with backup crew members paceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Thomas Marshburn of NASA at the conclusion of a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch September 25th on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The STS-122 crew returns to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a presentation in the Training Auditorium. Having completed their successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station, (from left) Commander Steve Frick, Pilot Alan Poindexter, and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim, Hans Schlegel and Stanley Love share personal stories, photos and videos of their challenging mission.

jsc2017e067161 06/07/2017) --- Robert Lightfoot, NASA's Acting Administrator, delivers remarks during an event where 12 new NASA astronaut candidates were introduced; Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Robert Hines, Warren Hoburg, Jonathan Kim, Robb Kulin, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral OHara, Francisco Rubio and Jessica Watkins at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. After completing two years of training, the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASAs new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, and Megan McArthur, right, speak during a meet and greet with employees Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet completed the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program and spent 198 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 65 and 66.

Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Rick Gilbrech (far right) welcomes members of the STS-133 shuttle mission crew during an April 20 visit. The mission was the final flight for the space shuttle Discovery, which now becomes the first of the three-orbiter fleet to be retired. During the visit to Stennis, Mission Commander Steven Lindsey ( l to r), Pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Alvin Drew, Steven Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott recapped their historic flight and thanked site employees for providing main engines that performed 'as advertised.'

Perseid Meteor flight on Google's Gulfstream Aircraft. P.I. Peter Jenniskens, SETI Group - L-R; briefing w/L-R; J Houston-Jones, D Nugent, l Lockyer, R Rairden, & C Kemp

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- Space shuttle Endeavour crew members meet with the media to discuss their experiences on the STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. From left are Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, and Mission Specialists Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takao Doi and Rick Linnehan. They landed at Kennedy 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.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, meets with Expedition 54 NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, center, and Mark Vande Hei during their Expedition 54 post flight, Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at NASA Headquarters, Washington.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew participates in a post-landing news conference in the Press Site TV Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are NASA Public Affairs Officer George Diller, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott. Discovery and crew landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m., completing a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station.STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the television studio at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the STS-121 crew answers questions during a media conference. Seated from left are Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Michael Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson and Piers Sellers. The seventh crew member, Mission Specialist Thomas Reiter, did not attend. The crew is at NASA Kennedy Space Center for the crew equipment interface test, which provides hands-on experiences with equipment used on-orbit. The launch of STS-121, the second return-to-flight mission, is scheduled for May.

Astronaut Pam Melroy presents a commemorative collage of photos and items flown aboard space shuttle Discovery to Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi. Melroy commanded NASA's space shuttle mission STS-120. She and fellow crewmembers (from left) Doug Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, George Zamka, Scott Parazynski and Paolo Nespoli visited Stennis Dec. 13, 2007, to thank employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which on Oct. 23 launched them aboard Discovery on their mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station, Thursday, May 2, 2019 at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. During Arnolds 197 days onboard the International Space Station, as part of Expeditions 55 and 56, he ventured outside the space station on three spacewalks in addition to conducting numerous experiments and educational downlink events.

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during Expeditions 51/52, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. During Expedition 52, Fischer completed hundreds of scientific experiments and two spacewalks, and concluded his 136-day mission when he landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in September 2017.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 Meet and Greet with Leadership. NASAs 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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson talks with Atlantis Flow Director Angie Brewer, while Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus sign autographs for employees inside Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-2, where space shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for eventual display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The astronauts, along with Pilot Doug Hurley, were at the center for the traditional post-flight crew return presentation. STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim was unable to attend the Kennedy event. In July 2011, Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program.

PHOTO DATE: 10-21-10LOCATION: Bldg 2NSUBJECT: STS-133 crew press conference

NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Chad Rowe, left talks during a meeting with NASA, Roscosmos and Russian Search and Recovery Forces where the readiness for the landing of Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin was discussed, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station.

Astronauts selected to train for the flight tests of NASAs Commercial Crew Program participated in a panel discussion with employees at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders, and astronauts Eric Boe and Suni Williams.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-122 crew discusses its mission at a post-landing conference. Seen here, from left, are Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel, who represents the European Space Agency. After a round trip of nearly 5.3 million miles, space shuttle Atlantis and crew returned to Earth with a landing at 9:07 a.m. EST on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, left, and Joe Acaba speak about their experiences onboard the International Space Station during "What's New in Aerospace," Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Acaba and 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.

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington.

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left, Mike Fincke, center, and Suni Williams, right, are seen during a press conference ahead of the launch of Boeings Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boeings Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliners second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch on 6:54 p.m. ET on May 19, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities.

Jen Rae Wang, NASA Associate Administrator for NASAs Office of Communications, left, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and Vice President Mike Pence, talk with NASA astronauts Scott Tingle, Andrew Feustel, and Ricky Arnold who are onboard the International Space Station, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was just sworn in by the Vice President as NASA's 13th Administrator.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Megan McArthur signs a montage for NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy while fellow Crew-2 members look on, Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington DC.

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Astronaut Ron Garan discusses his experiences while living on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 27 and 28 mission during a tweetup at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Garan has logged more than 178 days in space and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA in four spacewalks.

NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, far left, Sesame Street's Elmo and NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, far right, speak at the STS-135 Tweetup, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Elmo asked the astronauts questions about living and working in space.About 150 NASA Twitter followers attended the event. The STS-135 mission will be NASA's last space shuttle launch.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 crew discuss the highlights of their mission with Kennedy employees. From left are Commander George Zamka; Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson, Robert Behnken (with microphone), Nicholas Patrick, and Kathryn Hire; and Pilot Terry Virts. Endeavour launched Feb. 8, 2010, and landed Feb. 21. During Endeavour's STS-130 mission, the crew installed the Tranquility node, a module that provides additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility is a cupola with seven windows that provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft. STS-130 was the 24th flight for Endeavour, the 32nd shuttle mission devoted to ISS assembly and maintenance, and the 130th shuttle mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-126 Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper talks with Kennedy workers after the crew's presentation of shared experiences during the mission. In the background is Mission Specialist Donald Pettit talking to workers.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, known as Robonaut, is on display for participants of the STS-133 Tweetup. Robonaut 2 (R2) will be delivered to the International Space Station on space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission. Although R2 will initially only participate in operational tests, upgrades could eventually allow the robot to realize its true purpose -- helping spacewalking astronauts with tasks outside the orbiting laboratory.NASA is hosting about 150 of its Twitter followers from around the world and several dozen states and providing them with a behind-the-scenes perspective to share with their own followers on the social networking service. The "Tweeps," as NASA calls them, will have a chance to tour Kennedy, meet with shuttle technicians, managers, engineers and astronauts, and witness Discovery's launch. Discovery and its STS-133 crew are scheduled to lift off Nov. 3 at 3:52 p.m. EDT.

StenniSphere reopened Jan. 18, 2006, almost five months after Hurricane Katrina damaged the basement of the building that houses the visitor center. Thanks to the staff's careful preparations before the storm, no artifacts or exhibits were harmed.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the conference room of Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, social media participants listen to a briefing on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, mission by, John Grunsfeld, the agency's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.The social media participants gathered at the Florida spaceport for the launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft. Their visit included tours of key facilities and participating in presentations by key NASA leaders who updated the space agency's current efforts.

NASA Astronaut John Mace Grunsfeld takes a quick selfie with astronauts at the International Space Station at the NASA sponsored Earth Day event April 22, 2014 at Union Station in Washington, DC. NASA announced the "Global Selfie" event as part of its "Earth Right Now" campaign, celebrating the launch of five Earth-observing missions in 2014. All selfies posted to social media with the hashtag "GlobalSelfie" will be included in a mosaic image of Earth.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-3 Meet and Greet with Leadership. NASAs 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.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, and Megan McArthur, right, speak during a meet and greet with employees Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet completed the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program and spent 198 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 65 and 66.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Following the presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-122 crew signs autographs for employees. At front is Mission Specialist Stan Love. The crew members shared personal stories, photos and videos of their challenging mission.

Panelists are seen during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission, the first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Date: 08-28-13Location: Bldg 2, Press Conf. Room Expedition 38/39 (Soyuz 35) Press Conference with Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 38/39 flight engineer; Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer and Expedition 39 commander; Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38/39 flight engineer

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold speaks to students in the Science, Discovery and the Universe Scholars Program about his time onboard the International Space Station, Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. During Arnolds 197 days onboard the International Space Station, as part of Expeditions 55 and 56, he ventured outside the space station on three spacewalks in addition to conducting numerous experiments and educational downlink events.

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her time onboard the International Space Station during "What's New in Aerospace" Friday, June 14, 2019 the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Auñón-Chancellor spent 197 days living and working onboard the orbital laboratory as part of Expeditions 56 and 57, contributing to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science while there. She began her career at NASA as a flight surgeon before being selected as an astronaut in 2009.

Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, left, prepares to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft as Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) talk with family and friends, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst launched aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12am EDT (5:12pm Baikonur time) on June 6 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

From left to right are seen Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham (second from right), NASA astronaut Kay Hire, Hildreth Walker, Founder of A-MAN Inc. STEM International Science Center; NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Gregory Johnson at the Endeavour Kick-Off Ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 in Inglewood. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles. Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the CSCs Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers.

PHOTO DATE: 10-21-10LOCATION: Bldg 2NSUBJECT: STS-133 crew press conference

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA is hosting a Tweetup for 150 Twitter followers of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, selected from more than 5,500 online registrants. A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter. Here, NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock talks with Sesame Street's Elmo. Sesame Street also is at Kennedy to film Elmo, as he learns about space exploration at NASA.Atlantis and its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pump modul

Students speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) via downlink during an event at the U.S. Department of Education, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Washington. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted Washington area middle and high school students Thursday for a live discussion with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The event was part of the 10th annual celebration of International Education Week.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 Employee Engagement Event. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, left, Robert Hines, center, and Kjell Lindgren, right, speak about their time onboard the International Space Station during an employee engagement event, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

jsc2020e000610 (Jan. 10, 2020) --- The 2017 Class of Astronauts participate in graduation ceremonies at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In the front row (from left) are, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Bob Hines and Warren Hoburg. In the back row (from left) are, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara and Frank Rubio, CSA astronaut Jennifer Sidey-Gibbon and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins.This is the first class of astronauts to graduate under the Artemis program and are now eligible for assignments to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and ultimately, missions to Mars.

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters, Friday, June 14, 2019 in Washington. Auñón-Chancellor spent 197 days living and working onboard the orbital laboratory, contributing to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science. She began her career at NASA as a flight surgeon before being selected as an astronaut in 2009.

Astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, flight engineer on Expeditions 23 and 24, left, and Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer and commander of Expedition 25, discuss their mission to the International Space Station during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

NASA STS-129 mission pilot Barry Wilmore, second from left, demonstrates weightlessness in space with Trent Petersen, a student at Stuart-Hobson Middle School, left, as crew members Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin and Randy Bresnick, right, look on during a presentation about their recent mission, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

SpaceX Crew-5 Astronaut Patch Placing. NASA astronaut Josh Cassada adds his signature to a wall inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 4, 2022. Cassada, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata will launch to the International Space Station on NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 mission as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff of SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft is targeted for noon EDT on Oct. 5, 2022, from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A.

PHOTO DATE: 02-09-10LOCATION:Bldg. 17, Room 1070 Food Lab SUBJECT: STS-133 Food Tasting

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the NASA television studio, photographers focus on STS-118 Mission Specialist Barbara R. Morgan (second from right) as she answers a question about her experiences during the mission. Others seated at the dais (from left) are NASA Public Information Officer George Diller, Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Dave Williams and Alvin Drew. The crew has just returned from a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. On the mission, the crew installed a new gyroscope, an external spare parts platform and another truss segment to the expanding station. STS-118 was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, the 20th flight for Endeavour and the second of four missions planned for 2007.

JSC2002-E-14078 (20 April 2002) --- Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, STS-110 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies. From the left (standing behind Ross) are astronauts Steven L. Smith, Lee M. E. Morin, Ellen Ochoa, Rex J. Walheim, all mission specialists; Stephen N. Frick, pilot; Michael J. Bloomfield, mission commander; and Johnson Space Centers (JSC) Director Jefferson D. Howell, Jr.

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli speaks to an audience member during a break about his time onboard the International Space Station, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., NASA astronaut Mike Fincke observes as Veronica Franco of NASA's Education Office at Kennedy Space Center explains the intricacies of a space suit to students and teachers attending an educational presentation, part of the festivities to welcome toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear home from space. Fincke was commander of the International Space Station from October 2008 to April 2009.The 12-inch-tall action figure spent more than 15 months aboard the International Space Station and returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Discovery on Sept. 11 with the STS-128 crew. Lightyear's space adventure, a collaboration between NASA and Disney Parks, is intended to share the excitement of space exploration with students around the world and encourage them to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. For additional information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/buzzoniss.

JSC2007-E-03777 (19 Jan. 2007) --- Educator astronaut Barbara R. Morgan and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams speak to an audience of students and media during a demonstration at Space Center Houston. Morgan and Williams have been named as crew members for the STS-118 mission, scheduled to launch in the summer of 2007.

NASA astronaut TJ Creamer talks about his experience in space during a "Tweetup" at NASA Headquarters, Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Washington. Creamer, who spent 161 days living aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 22/23 crew, set up the orbiting outpost's live Internet connection and posted updates about the mission to his Twitter account, sending the first live tweet from orbit.

NASAs Crew-4 Q&A With Students at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, left, and Kjell Lindgren, right, answer questions from students during an event at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

NASA Astronaut Clay Anderson speaks to NASA Twitter followers during the STS-134 Tweetup, Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. About 150 NASA Twitter followers attended the event.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine poses for a picture with the 2017 astronaut candidate class after taping a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA astronaut candidates, back row from left, Jonny Kim, Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral OHara, Frank Rubio, Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons of the Canadian Space Agency, Jessica Watkins, front row from left, Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Bob Hines, and Warren Hoburg.

NASA astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli answers a question during a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA's newest astronaut candidate class has started their two years of training, after which the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASAs new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

jsc2017e067166 (06/07/2017) --- United States Vice President Mike Pence congratulates NASA's 12 new astronaut candidates at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 2017 astronaut candidate class -- Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Raja Chari, Matthew Dominick, Bob Hines, Warren Woody” Hoburg, Jonathan Kim, Robb Kulin, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O’Hara, Francisco Rubio and Jessica Watkins - were chosen from amid a record number of people applying.

Michael Lewis, chief technology officer for NanoRacks, speaks to members of the media in the Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium. The briefing focused on science research and technology work planned for the International Space Station, or ISS, following the arrival of a Cygnus spacecraft. The Cygnus is scheduled to be launched March 22 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the Orbital ATK CRS-6 commercial resupply services mission.

. jsc2023e017419 (April 4, 2023) - NASAs international astronaut corps awaits the announcement of the four crewmembers of the Artemis II crew that will travel around the Moon during a Monday, April 3, 2023, crew announcement news conference at Ellington Field near NASAs Johnson Space Center. The crew is comprised of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. The four astronauts will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASAs path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. Photo by Bill Stafford.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA is hosting a Tweetup for 150 Twitter followers of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, selected from more than 5,500 online registrants. A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter. Here, NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and Doug Wheelock talk with Sesame Street's Elmo. Sesame Street also is at Kennedy to film Elmo, as he learns about space exploration at NASA.Atlantis and its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed

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