Cancer Moonshot Event at NASA Headquarters

From left to right, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Dr. Kimryn Rathmell, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Warren Hoburg pose for a photo following an event that highlighted how the agencies are making progress toward President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation’s cancer death rate by at least 50% in the next 25 years, a goal of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Alneyadi, Bowen, Rubio, and Hoburg recently returned from missions aboard the International Space Station, a hub for scientific research and technology including demonstrations to help end cancer as we know it. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)