NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Bob Hines, right, take in the view from the interactive recreation of the International Space Station’s cupola in the One World Connected gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on March 28, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52778381958_894029fae1_o.jpg

Guinness World Records officially designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds—equivalent to about 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230329-ph-ilw01_0151_orig.jpg

Phytoplankton create rich blooms of color in the Atlantic Ocean near South America in this enhanced color image from Dec. 2, 2014. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/patagonianshelf_vir_2014336_lrg.jpg

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen (from left) and NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch greet the crowd at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Monday, April 3, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52794149980_ef2c9a6b15_o.jpg

Industrial-size robots built by high school teams compete against each other in a game at Rocket City Regional, Alabama’s annual FIRST Robotics Competition, in this March 16, 2018, image. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/msfc-1800281orig.jpg

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left), Jeannie Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, and Snoopy are all smiles during a Wednesday, April 5, 2023, visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52798176588_1ab625c56b_o.jpg

NASA’s X-59 sits in support framing while undergoing the installation of its lower empennage, or tail section, at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, in this image from late March 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p23-042-06-web.jpg

Former NASA astronaut Alvin Drew shakes hands with a guest during the White House Easter Egg Roll in this photo from Monday, April 10, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52807898874_8cf69de066_o.jpg

Floodwater (dark blue) stands out against the vegetation in agricultural fields around Tulare Lake near Corcoran, California, in this enhanced color image taken by Landsat 8 on March 29, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tulareflooding653_oli_2023088_lrg.jpg

This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows JO204, a ‘jellyfish galaxy’ so named for the bright tendrils of gas that appear in this image as drifting lazily below JO204’s bright central bulk. The galaxy lies almost 600 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j0204_potw2315a.jpg

An American bald eagle swoops down to land on a pole at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 10, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230410-ph-jbs01_0040orig.jpg

Clouds gather on Nepal's sub-tropical side of the Himalayas with Mount Everest at the center of this photograph taken by an external high-definition camera on the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Indian subcontinent on April 13, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e003192.jpg

This April 16, 2023, enhanced color image of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the clearest view of the rotorcraft since its first flight. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jpegpia25881.jpg

This view of the Antennae Galaxies, two large galaxies colliding 60 million light-years away, is one of the first research images from the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) that launched on a scientific super pressure balloon April 16, 2023 (local time New Zealand). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/superbit_antennae.png

NASA has demonstrated a breakthrough in 3D printable high-temperature materials that could lead to stronger, more durable parts for airplanes and spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/grc-2023-c-02309.jpg

Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks with local students during an Earth Day event, Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Union Station in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52832661016_429a2665ea_o.jpg

The Cygnus space freighter is pictured moments after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e004822.jpg

A menagerie of interesting astronomical finds are visible in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_acos520_potw2317a.jpg

Two neutron stars begin to merge in this illustration, blasting a jet of high-speed particles and producing a cloud of debris. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/grb211211apt.jpg

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows interacting galaxies known as AM 1214-255. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_eso505-30_pi_2mstr_flat_final.jpg

Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States (left), Foreign Affairs Minister for the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský (second from left), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (second from right), and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn (right), http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52868012178_9b4c2bd472_o.jpg