LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: Ronald J. Garan speaks during Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: Ellen Ochoa speaks during Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: Rusty Schweickart speaks during Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: John D. Olivas attends Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: Steve Smith, Ronald J. Garan, Josh A. Cassada, Rusty Schweickart, Kenneth Cockrell, John D. Olivas, Stephen Frick, Ellen Ochoa, Catherine Coleman, Jeffrey Rudolph, CEO and President, California Science Center, John Mace Grunsfeld, John Herrington, Dennis R. Jenkins, Project Director, Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, Jose M. Hernandez, Daniel M. Tani, Charles Bolden, Karen L. Nyberg, Moderator Alex Cohen, Nicole Stott, Loren Acton and Linda M. Godwin attend Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: (L-R) Daniel M. Tani and Steve Smith attend Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: John Herrington speaks during Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: (L-R) Steve Smith and Rusty Schweickart attends Astronauts For America Launch VOTE FOR FREEDOM Campaign & College Campus Tour at California Science Center on July 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Astronauts for America)