NASA Events and Presentations

Captivating scenes from NASA events featuring speakers discussing space programs and technology developments, emphasizing collaboration and innovation.

Dr. Karen Ocorr, co-investigator for the Fruit Fly Lab-02, speaks to members of social media in the Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium. The briefing focused on experiments and instruments to be delivered to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-11. A Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to be launched from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A on June 1 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the company's 11th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Astronaut Encounter Theater at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator, speaks with a member of the audience after the conclusion of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century.

Veronica McGregor, JPL Media Relations Manager, NASA JPL, moderates a Mars InSight pre-landing briefing, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. InSight is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately noon PST (3 p.m. EST) on Nov. 26.

Nicky Fox, director of NASAs Heliophysics Division, discusses the Space Environment Testbeds payload during a NASA prelaunch technology TV broadcast for the Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 23, 2019. The payloads four experiments will reveal the ways local space weather affects spacecraft hardware. It is one of four NASA payloads scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A beginning at 11:30 p.m. EDT on June 24, 2019. STP-2 is managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.

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

NASAs Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop. Catherine Koerner, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, speaks during NASAs Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Following the release of the 2022 Architecture Concept Review, NASA is conducting the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia to inform the Moon to Mars mission architecture and operational delivery.

In the Kennedy Space Center's Press Site auditorium, Sandra Smalley, director of the Joint Agency Satellite Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C., speaks to members of the media at a prelaunch news conference about National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's, or NOAA's, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S. The GOES series of satellites will significantly improve the detection and observation of environmental phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property and the nation's economic health and prosperity. GOES-S is slated to lift off at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

NASA Earth & Space Air Prize Demonstration Event

Emily Sylak-Glassman, Program Manager for the Applied Sciences Program in NASA's Earth Science Divison, speaks during the 2019 Annual Earth Science Applications Showcase, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Every summer students and young professionals from NASAs Applied Sciences DEVELOP National Program come to NASA Headquarters and present their research projects. DEVELOP is a training and development program where students work on Earth science research projects, mentored by science advisers from NASA and partner agencies, and extend research results to local communities.

New Horizons project manager Helene Winters of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory speaks at a press conference prior to the flyby of Ultima Thule by the New Horizons spacecraft, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

Dr. Karen Ocorr, co-investigator for the Fruit Fly Lab-02, speaks to members of social media in the Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium. The briefing focused on experiments and instruments to be delivered to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-11. A Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to be launched from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A on June 1 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the company's 11th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.

Artemis II Crew at GSFC. Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard, director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center delivers opening remarks, Friday, May 19, 2023, during an employee engagement event at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy 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.

Cathy Richardson, Deputy Program Manager, Earth Science Projects Division, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is seen during a NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) prelaunch briefing, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's ice.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Dr. Ellen Stofan, NASA's chief scientist. In the background inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft following encapsulation in its payload fairing.MAVEN is being prepared for its scheduled launch on Nov 18, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Positioned in an orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study the upper atmosphere of Mars in unprecedented detail.

Melody C. Lovin, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, speaks to members of the media during a prelaunch news conference with NASA, SpaceX and the 45th Weather Squadron leaders Thursday, Feb. 28, prior to the Saturday, March 2 launch of the SpaceX Demo-1 Commercial Crew Program (CCP) mission to the International Space Station. The inaugural flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, known as Demo-1, is scheduled to lift off from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A Saturday at 2:49 EST. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the uncrewed spacecraft on a mission designed to validate end-to-end systems and capabilities, leading to certification to fly crew. NASA has worked with SpaceX and Boeing in developing the Commercial Crew Program spacecraft to facilitate new human spaceflight systems launching from U.S. soil with the goal of safe, reliable and cost-effective access to low-Earth orbit destinations, such as the International Space Station.

NASA Deputy Administrator, Lori Garver, gives the keynote address at the Women, Innovation and Aerospace event celebrating Women's History Month at the George Washington University Jack Morton Auditorium, Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Washington. The WIA day-long event will help to foster a discussion for students and early career professionals about how to continue to encourage women to enter and succeed in the field of aerospace.

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA answers questions during a press conference, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Koch, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - US Coral Reef Task Force Congressional Reception

STS-128 Press Conference. Photo Date: August 13, 2009. Location: Bldg. 2 - Rm 122 Press Conference.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - EARTH OBSERVATION DAY

Mary Kicza, NASA Associate Administrator for Biological and Physical Research.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver addresses the participants of a NASA Tweetup in a tent set up at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Press Site in Florida during prelaunch activities for the agencys Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) launch.Participants in the Tweetup are given the opportunity to listen to agency briefings, tour locations on the center normally off limits to visitors, and get a close-up view of Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The tweeters will share their experiences with followers through the social networking site Twitter. The MSL mission will pioneer precision landing technology and a sky-crane touchdown to place a car-sized rover, Curiosity, near the foot of a mountain inside Gale Crater on Aug. 6, 2012. During a nearly two-year prime mission after landing, the rover will investigate whether the region has ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life, including the chemical ingredients for life.Liftoff of MSL

Sara Seager, TESS deputy director of science, MIT discusses the upcoming launch of NASAs next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In the Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Support Building II, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, members of the media participate in a prelaunch mission briefing on NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Speaking to the media is Kathy Rice, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Parker Solar Probe will lift off on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft was built by Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland. The mission will perform the closest-ever observations of a star when it travels through the Sun's atmosphere, called the corona. The probe will rely on measurements and imaging to revolutionize our understanding of the corona and the Sun-Earth connection.

Helen Fricker, ICESat-2 Science Definition Team Member, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is seen during a NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) prelaunch briefing, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's ice.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SCIENCE DAY 2004

DATE: 3-19-13LOCATION: Bldg. 2N, Press Conf. RoomSUBJECT: Expedition 36/37 (Soyuz 35) Press Conference with Karen Nyberg, Luca Parmitano and Fydor Yurchikin.

Michelle Rucker, Lead of the Mars Integration Group at NASA, is seen during a discussion titled ISS-Moon-Mars: Using Spaceflight Platforms to Study and Simulate Future Missions” during the the70th International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver speaks at the presentation of the permanent exhibit of the James Webb Space Telescope at the Maryland Science Center on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 in Baltimore.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives remarks during a briefing, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore. The briefing focused on the status of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope in its final weeks of preparing for its science mission, as well as overviews of planned science for Webbs first year of operations.

Dr Chris McKay, Ames presents Director's Colloquium entitled 'Titan rain, storms, lakes and organic goo.' (Saturn moon) Intro by Dr Stephanie Langhoff, Ames Research Center

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby answers questions from the media during a briefing following the successful deployment of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, from the Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. With Webbs 21.3-foot (6.5-meter) primary mirror fully deployed, the infrared observatory has completed its unprecedented process of unfolding in space to prepare for science operations. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history—from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Deputy Project Scientist for Exoplanet Science Knicole Colón speaks about the measurements of exoplanet WASP-96 b taken by the Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph as it is shown on screen during a broadcast releasing the telescopes first full-color images, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), are a demonstration of the power of Webb as the telescope begins its science mission to unfold the infrared universe.

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

Cassini project scientist at JPL, Linda Spilker speaks during a press conference previewing Cassini's End of Mission, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since its arrival in 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission has been a discovery machine, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system and captivating us with data and images never before obtained with such detail and clarity. On Sept. 15, 2017, operators will deliberately plunge the spacecraft into Saturn, as Cassini gathered science until the end. The plunge” ensures Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. During Cassini’s final days, mission team members from all around the world gathered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, to celebrate the achievements of this historic mission.

Karma Snyder, a project manager at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, was a senior design engineer on the RL10 liquid rocket engine that powered the Centaur, the upper stage of the rocket used in NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission in October 2009. Part of the LCROSS mission was to search for water on the moon by striking the lunar surface with a rocket stage, creating a plume of debris that could be analyzed for water ice and vapor. Snyder's work on the RL10 took place from 1995 to 2001 when she was a senior design engineer with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Years later, she sees the project as one of her biggest accomplishments in light of the LCROSS mission. 'It's wonderful to see it come into full service,' she said. 'As one of my co-workers said, the original dream was to get that engine to the moon, and we're finally realizing that dream.'

JSC2001-E-12474 (April 2001) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, at the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the flight control room of Houston's Mission Control Center, watches monitors and displays while communicating with the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew in space.

PHOTO DATE: 11-19-13LOCATION: B 30 FCR - 1 SUBJECT: CEREMONY FOR 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISS BY Flight Director Dina Contella

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Cocoa Beach, Fla., Janet Petro, deputy director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, speaks to participants in the 4th International Workshop on Lunar and Planetary Compact and Cryogenic Science and Technology Applications.Scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs interested in research on the moon and other planetary surfaces, recently participated in the Workshop. Taking place April 8-11, 2014, the event was designed to foster collaborative work among those interested in solving the challenges of building hardware, software and businesses interested in going back to the moon and exploring beyond.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives remarks during a briefing, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore. The briefing focused on the status of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope in its final weeks of preparing for its science mission, as well as overviews of planned science for Webbs first year of operations.

JSC2001-E-21576 (16 July 2001) --- ISS Orbit 1 flight director Sally Davis discusses STS-104 matters with other mission support staff at her console in the ISS flight control room (BFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC).

Date: 03-20-12Location: Bldg 2, Briefing RoomSubject: Expedition 32/33 Crew News Conference.Photograher: James Blair

Dr. Nicole Wagner president and CEO for LambdaVision Inc. in Farmington, Connecticut, speaks to members of the media in the Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium. The briefing focused on research planned for launch to the International Space Station. The scientific materials and supplies will be aboard a Dragon spacecraft scheduled for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company's 16th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.

In the Press Site auditorium of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Jessica Jensen, SpaceX director of Dragon Mission Management, speaks to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 4:30 p.m. EST. The flight is a commercial resupply services mission for NASA to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-14 lifted off atop the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying supplies and equipment and new science experiments for technology research.

On July 16, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch to the Moon, Artemis 1 Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson talks to NASAs Derrol Nail at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida about our plans to return to the Moon.

Stephanie Stilson, space shuttle discovery processing director, speaks to participants at the two-day STS-132 Launch Tweetup at Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, May 13, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA Twitter followers in attendance will have the opportunity to take a tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, view the space shuttle launch and speak with shuttle technicians, engineers, astronauts and managers.

Cassini project scientist at JPL, Linda Spilker answers questions from members of the media during a press conference previewing Cassini's End of Mission, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since its arrival in 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission has been a discovery machine, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system and captivating us with data and images never before obtained with such detail and clarity. On Sept. 15, 2017, operators will deliberately plunge the spacecraft into Saturn, as Cassini gathered science until the end. The plunge” ensures Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. During Cassini’s final days, mission team members from all around the world gathered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, to celebrate the achievements of this historic mission.

Rebecca Spyke-Keiser, NASA's Associate Deputy Administrator for policy integration, gives opening remarks at the Women, Innovation and Aerospace event celebrating Women's History Month at the George Washington University Jack Morton Auditorium, Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Washington. The WIA day-long event will help to foster a discussion for students and early career professionals about how to continue to encourage women to enter and succeed in the field of aerospace.

NASAs UAP Independent Study Team Meeting. Anamaria Berea, associate professor of Computational and Data Science at George Mason University, left, asks a question during a public meeting of NASAs unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The UAP independent study team is a counsel of 16 community experts across diverse areas on matters relevant to potential methods of study for unidentified anomalous phenomena. NASA commissioned the nine-month study to examine UAP from a scientific perspective and create a roadmap for how to use data and the tools of science to move our understanding of UAP forward.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby, left, answers a question from a member of the media alongside NASA James Webb Space Telescope Deputy Project Scientist for Communications Amber Straughn during a briefing following the release of the first full-color images from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), are a demonstration of the power of Webb as the telescope begins its science mission to unfold the infrared universe.

STS-128 Press Conference. Photo Date: August 13, 2009. Location: Bldg. 2 - Rm 122 Press Conference.

Dr. Melissa Kacena, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Indiana University, left, and Dr. Rasha Hammamieh, director of Integrative Systems Biology for the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, speak to members of social media in the Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium. The briefing focused on studies on the effects of microgravity on tissue regeneration planned for the International Space Station following the arrival of a Dragon spacecraft. The Dragon is scheduled to be launched from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A on Feb. 18 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the company's 10th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SCIENCE DAY 2004

NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 Employee Engagement Event. Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, speaks at an employee engagement event with NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

Sara Seager, TESS deputy director of science, MIT discusses the upcoming launch of NASAs next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis I launch director, participates in a prelaunch media briefing following a mission management team meeting for Artemis I on Sept. 1, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Artemis I is scheduled to launch at 2:17 p.m. EDT on Sept. 3, from Kennedys Launch Complex 39B. Launch was waved off on Aug. 29 due to an issue during tanking. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate NASAs capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orions heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

JPSS-2/LOFTID Prelaunch News Conference. Megan Cruz, NASA Communications, moderates a prelaunch news conference for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) and NASA Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) technology demonstration at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 28, 2022. JPSS-2 is the third satellite in the polar satellite series and is expected to capture data to improve weather forecasts, helping scientists predict and prepare for extreme weather events and climate change. JPSS-2 is scheduled to launch at 2:25 a.m. PDT Tuesday, Nov. 1, on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Launching with JPSS-2 is NASAs LOFTID technology demonstration. After JPSS-2 safely reaches orbit, LOFTID will follow a re-entry trajectory from low-Earth orbit to demonstrate the inflatable heat shields ability to slow

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers brief media about the payload and launch status of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Seen here is Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters.Atlantis and its crew 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. The STS-135 mission also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites and return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

STS-132 LAUNCH L-1 MEDIA TWEETUP OPENING CEREMONY

Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45, is introduced during an Artemis I mission status press briefing at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 27, 2022. NASAs Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are targeted to lift off from Kennedys Launch Complex 39B no earlier than Aug. 29, 2022, at 8:33 a.m. EDT.

Jia-Rui Cook, media relations representative at JPL, moderates a press conference held after the end of the Cassini mission, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since its arrival in 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission has been a discovery machine, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system and captivating us with data and images never before obtained with such detail and clarity. On Sept. 15, 2017, operators deliberately plunged the spacecraft into Saturn, as Cassini gathered science until the end. Loss of contact with the Cassini spacecraft occurred at 7:55 a.m. EDT (4:55 a.m. PDT). The plunge” ensures Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. During Cassini’s final days, mission team members from all around the world gathered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, to celebrate the achievements of this historic mission.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, STS-120 Commander Pamela A. Melroy sits in the orbiter Discovery to inspect the cockpit windows. The STS-120 crew is at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, which includes harness training, inspection of the thermal protection system and camera operation for planned extravehicular activities, or EVAs. The STS-120 mission will deliver the Harmony module, christened after a school contest, which will provide attachment points for European and Japanese laboratory modules on the International Space Station. Known in technical circles as Node 2, it is similar to the six-sided Unity module that links the U.S. and Russian sections of the station. Built in Italy for the United States, Harmony will be the first new U.S. pressurized component to be added. The STS-120 mission is targeted to launch on Oct. 20.

Deputy chief engineer, Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation 2 (MEDLI2) sensor suite, NASAs Langley Research Center, Kaitlin Liles, gives remarks via remote during a NASA Perseverance rover mission landing update, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The Perseverance Mars rover is due to land on Mars Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

SWOT Prelaunch News Conference. Megan Cruz, NASA Communications, moderates a prelaunch news conference held by NASA, SpaceX, and the French space agency Centre National dÉtudes Spatiales (CNES) for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission on Dec. 14, 2022, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SWOT is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg on Dec. 15, 2022, at 3:46 a.m. PST. SWOT will be NASAs first global survey of nearly all water on Earths surface. Scientists plan to use its observations to better understand the global water cycle, furnish insight into the oceans role in how climate change unfolds, and provide a global inventory of water resources. The SWOT mission is a collaborative effort between NASA and CNES with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency and the UK Space Agency. NASAs Launch Services Program, based at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is managing the launch service.

Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, left, speaks to NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, before signing the Artemis Accords, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Colombia is the nineteenth country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASAs Artemis program.

A student shakes a glass of water with an Alka-Seltzer tab in it while conducting an experiment on effervescence, Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Challenger Center in Lanham, MD. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold helped them carry out the experiment which he also conducted during his 197 day mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during Expeditions 55/56.

Dr. Fran Bagenal, senior scientist at the University of Colorado, speaks during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences - Sustainability , Environmental Protection Agency

Marshall Space Flight Center's Black History Month program with Aquita Wherry

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, is inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Also chosen for this honor in 2004 are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission; Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission; Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia's Mir space station; and the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. To be eligible for induction, an individual must have been a U.S. citizen, a NASA astronaut, and out of the active astronaut corps at least five years. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, an

PHOTO DATE: 05-19-11LOCATION: Bldg. 30 South SUBJECT: STS-134 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers on Console with Flight Director Richard LaBrode

Date: 04-18-14Location: Bldg 2N, Press Conf. RoomSubject: ISS Program Status and Spacewalk Preview Briefing with PAO Moderator Dan Huot, ISS Flight Director, Brian Smith and Lead Spacewalk Officer, Glenda Brown

NASAs UAP Independent Study Team Meeting. Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, speaks during a public meeting of NASAs unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The UAP independent study team is a counsel of 16 community experts across diverse areas on matters relevant to potential methods of study for unidentified anomalous phenomena. NASA commissioned the nine-month study to examine UAP from a scientific perspective and create a roadmap for how to use data and the tools of science to move our understanding of UAP forward.

Bhavya Lal, associate administrator for technology, policy, and strategy at NASA Headquarters speaks during a NASA briefing on the Artemis I Moon mission, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASAs Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agencys deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Monday, Aug. 29.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory InSight deputy principal investigator Sue Smrekar gives remarks during a NASA InSight Mars Lander (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) media briefing, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSIght will land on the Red Planet at approximately 3 p.m. EST (noon PST) Monday, Nov. 26. InSight will study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with rocky surfaces, including Earth and the Moon, formed. The landers instruments include a seismometer to detect marsquakes and a probe to monitor the flow of heat in the planet's subsurface.

Media Affairs Specialist, JPL, Marina Jurica, moderates a NASA Perseverance rover mission landing update, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The Perseverance Mars rover is due to land on Mars Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

Founder and CEO of Future Engineers, Deanne Bell, speaks to the audience at an event to announce the official name of the Mars 2020 rover, Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va. The final selection of the new name, Perseverance, was made by NASAs Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, following a nationwide naming contest conducted in 2019 that drew more than 28,000 essays by K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory. The rover is currently at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida being prepared for launch this summer.

Expedition 42/43 Crew News Conference with crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti. Photo Date: September 18, 2014. Location: Bldg. 2s - PAO Studio B.

Lindy Elkins-Tanton Principal Investigator of the Psyche mission from Arizona State University gives remarks during a briefing discussing small bodies missions, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

Dr. Jen Eigenbrode at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) event sponsored by Goddard Space Flight Center and the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR).

Dr. Amber Straughn, Lead Scientist for James Webb Space Telescope Education & Public Outreach at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, speaks to students from Mapletown Jr/Sr High School and Margaret Bell Middle School 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

Christine Darden, retired NASA engineer and "Hidden Figure, speaks during a ceremony officially naming the NASA Headquarters building in honor of Mary W. Jackson, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA, began her career with the agency in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The mathematician and aerospace engineer went on to lead programs influencing the hiring and promotion of women in NASA's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. In 2019, she posthumously received the Congressional Gold Medal.

Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories Event. NASA Associate Chief Scientist for Exploration and Applied Research, Dr. Mamta Patel Nagaraja, speaks during a panel discussion with NASA IT Cybersecurity Specialist, Sarah Adewumi, NASA Goddards Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments, Dr. Christyl Johnson, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for STEM, Kris Brown, and NASA Headquarters Deputy Director for the Astrophysics Division, Sandra Cauffman, as part of a Womens History Month program, Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

NASA employees and contractors use protective glasses to view a partial solar eclipse from NASA Headquarters Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Washington. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe.

On July 16, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, Apollo-era launch team member JoAnn Morgan talks to NASAs Derrol Nail at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida about what it was like to be the only female in the firing room on launch day.

New Horizons Mission Operations Manager Alice Bowman of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is seen during a press conference after the team received confirmation from the New Horizons spacecraft that it has completed the flyby of Ultima Thule, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

Artemis I Launch Director and Plaque Award Ceremony. Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, at left, signs the back of the Artemis I plaque inside the lobby of the Launch Control Center at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24, 2023. Joining her is Shawn Quinn, manager, Exploration Ground Systems. Following tradition from the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs, the plaque will be added to the wall behind them. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I launched successfully from Kennedys Launch Pad 39B at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022.

Michelle Jones, Chief of the Office of Communications at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, delivers remarks ahead of the release of the first images from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), are a demonstration of the power of Webb as the telescope begins its science mission to unfold the infrared universe.

Miriam Sargusingh, project lead for the Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support, or CSELS, experiment, speaks to members of social media in the Kennedy Space Centers Press Site auditorium. The briefing focused on experiments and instruments to be delivered to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-11. A Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to be launched from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A on June 1 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the company's 11th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the space station.

Amber Straughn talks about the extreme temperatures the Webb telescope must withstand in space.

Dorothy Rasco, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, speaks at the TouchTomorrow Festival, held in conjunction with the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge, Saturday, June 14, 2014, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Eighteen teams are competing for a $1.5 million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotics technologies. Innovations stemming from the challenge may improve NASA's capability to explore a variety of destinations in space, as well as enhance the nation's robotic technology for use in industries and applications on Earth.

Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan, congratulated both NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory teams and noted it was an example of over 40 years of strong U.S. and Japan relations, Friday Feb. 28, 2014, Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) Tanegashima, Japan. The Ambassador witnessed the launch of a Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-JAXA, GPM Core Observatory. The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.

Ingenuity project manager, JPL, MiMi Aung, gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover mission engineering and technology overview, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter is a technology demonstration to test the first powered flight on Mars. The helicopter will ride to Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover. The Perseverance Mars rover is due to land on Mars Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Nicky Fox, Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, deputy project scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, M.D., participates in a postlaunch news conference at NASA Kennedy Space Centers Press Site in Florida. The RBSP spacecraft launched atop a United Launch Alliance, or ULA, Atlas V rocket at 4:05 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.RBSP will explore changes in Earth's space environment caused by the sun -- known as "space weather" -- that can disable satellites, create power-grid failures and disrupt GPS service. The mission also will provide data on the fundamental radiation and particle acceleration processes throughout the universe.

Toni Galvin, principal investigator, Plasma and Superthermal Ion Composition instrument at the University of New Hampshire makes a comment during a Science Update on the STEREO mission at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

Dr. Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) speaks to students at the California Science Center during the outreach session of the Pan Pacific Microgravity Conference on May 2, 2001. She flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions, STS-65 carrying the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2, 1994) and STS-95 (1998).

Artemis I Liftoff Activities. Artemis I launch team members are at their consoles in Launch Control Center Firing Room 1 at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida during countdown and liftoff of the agencys Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B on Nov. 16, 2022. Liftoff was at 1:47 a.m. EST. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orions heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

Jackie McGuinness, NASA press secretary, moderates a news conference Sept. 3, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after launch of Artemis I was waived off from Kennedys Launch Complex 39B. Teams encountered a liquid hydrogen leak while loading propellant into the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orions heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

1st Lieutenant Kristina Williams, weather officer, 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg Air Force Base, discusses NASA's InSight mission during a prelaunch media briefing, Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.

Secretary Gale Norton speaking to reporter after participating in press conference, concerning an aerial survey of Mount St. Helens and the status of the rumbling volcano that is the subject of an official volcano advisory, at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington

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