A NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft soars upward at the L.A. county airshow in this image from Mar. 25, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2017-0068-123_1.jpg

Infrared light surges out from the Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 27, in this Aug. 10, 2011, image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/579054main_pia14417_full.jpg

Former astronaut Eileen Collins sits at the pilot’s station aboard space shuttle Discovery during a hotfiring procedure on Feb. 2, 1995. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sts063-312-020-orig.jpg

The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Aug. 21, 2017. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq201708210303_orig.jpg

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc5486_potw2310a.jpg

The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52742122704_4415082956_o.jpg

Elementary school students eagerly raise their hands as Diana Trujillo, technical group supervisor for sequence planning and execution and tactical mission lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, speaks to them on March 13, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52747713048_4c9c64debb_o.jpg

An orbital sunrise reveals cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above on Feb. 10, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52688121607_bcce2a690e_o.jpg

Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/e-pia00104-venus-full-alt-1041.jpg

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, looks quite small in comparison to the giant planet behind it in this natural color view from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/682400main_pia14922_full_full.jpg

This Feb 3, 2023, enhanced-color image from Landsat 9 highlights a green and blue patchwork pattern in flooded rice fields in southwestern Louisiana. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/louisianarice653_oli2_2023034_lrg.jpg

Stars leave streaks of light in concentric circles in this Mar 16, 2012, view from the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/650797main_jsc2012e051505_alt_full.jpg

Deputy director for technology and research investments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Christyl Johnson, speaks during a panel discussion as part of a Women’s History Month program, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” Wednesday, March 22, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52765012659_820f6ce6d4_o.jpg

A technician works on part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 11, 2023, image. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/maf_20230311_cs2_esjoinbolt16_orig.jpg

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss068e054895_orig.jpg

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