Apurva Varia joined the Goddard Space Flight Center in 2002 as a propulsion engineer. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gsfc_20190305_2019-9396_001.jpg

Mary W. Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia and attended the historically black college Hampton Institute (now Hampton University). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lrc-1977-b701_p-04106_1.jpg

At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Orion’s newly completed pressure vessel for the Artemis III mission is lifted out of the welding tool. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-complete-eb_007.jpg

The National 9/11 Flag was raised over the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex after Florida's contribution was added. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/518814main_2011-1495.jpg

Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Landsat 9 spacecraft is moved into position for encapsulation. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20210816-ph-rnb01_0089_large.jpg

In this image, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-3 Commander Raja Chari trains aboard the ing session at SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorns, California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2021e042708.jpg

Diana Trujillo, an aerospace engineer, is currently Technical Group Supervisor for Sequence Planning and Execution and a Tactical Mission Lead for Perseverance. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/flightdirectordeployment.jpg

NASA’s Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology Project’s Mobile Acoustics Facility is parked in the background of Joby’s prototype aircraft near Big Sur, California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nasa-joby-acoustictest9.jpg

Acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite more than 20 years ago on Sept. 3, 2000, this image is of Greenland's western coast. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/landsat_art_greenland_1920x1200.jpeg

Space Station Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency conducts research using DNA sequencing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e369726.jpg

Lucy will be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ta010359_lucy3-b-orbit-crop_0.png

The atmospheric glow blankets the Earth's horizon beneath the stars as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Pacific. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e334875.jpg

On the night 175 years ago on Sept. 23-24, 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune, the eighth planet orbiting our Sun. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia01492-main.jpg

On Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, at 2:12 ET a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the Landsat 9 satellite is slated to lift off on a mission to observe Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51522053003_dedef32d58_o.jpeg

The engine on United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket fires to launch the Landsat 9 satellite on a mission to observe Earth on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51525805040_bf58aac0ae_o.jpeg

Project scientist Mark Clampin is reflected in the flight mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope during testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/5739767857_b299285ef6_o.jpeg

Pedro Cota is a video producer for NASA en español the agency's Science Mission Directorate. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/img_9392_1.jpg

Before NASA could send humans to space, the agency needed to better understand the effects of prolonged weightlessness on the human body. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gallaudet_eleven-zero_g_test_edited2.jpg

When it comes time for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft to power itself through deep space, it’ll be more brain than brawn that does the work. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/e-pia24030-side-by-side-thrusters-16.jpg

SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured as it backs away from the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e434505.jpg