Iowa native astronaut Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/48430990887_1b1b7ed422_o.jpg

Northrup Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm moments before its release ending its 83-day stay at the International Space Station on May 11, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e010616.jpg

NASA's Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter's tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft's close approach to the planet on Feb. 17, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23802_0.jpg

Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA's first chief astronomer, is known as the 'Mother of Hubble.' http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/44477663304_a673c66226_o.jpg

The crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of this typhoon in the South Pacific Ocean on May 13, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e012660.jpg

Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/a-42500-12_2.jpg

Annie and John Glenn arrive at the Mission Control Center for the Gemini IV launch on June 4, 1965. John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s65-29442.jpg

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley listen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks after the crew arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/49917936962_169a619522_k.jpg

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202005210003.jpg

In this iconic image, Staion Commander Leroy Chiao of NASA watches a water bubble float between him and the camera. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss010e13569.jpg

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at sunrise as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202005270001_0.jpg

This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23689.jpg

The brilliant tapestry of young stars flaring to life resembles a glittering fireworks display in this Hubble Space Telescope image. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/location-smaller.png

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen illuminated on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, Saturday, May 30, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/49951173438_f878865d38_k.jpg

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202005300015.jpg

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/49953827947_b8cf984521_k.jpg

On Saturday, May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/49957474237_63b71f73c4_k_0.jpg

A small glacier in the Arctic region of Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, as photographed by NASA's Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/svalbardglacier-16.jpg

The samples Apollo 11 brought back to Earth from the Moon were humanity's first from another celestial body. The upcoming Perseverance rover mission will collect the first samples from another planet. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23919-1041.jpg

Lightning flashes from a storm cloud to strike the ground. Such bolts represent only a small part of the overall phenomenon of lightning. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/3_iss057e055409.jpg