NASA selected Andrew R. Morgan for its 21st astronaut class in August 2013.

Andrew R. Morgan served as chief of the Mission Support Section in the Astronaut Office, an aircraft crew operations officer, a mission control team representative for Expeditions 67 and 68, and an Army detachment commander.

Scott Tingle is the chief of the Johnson Space Center Astronaut Office at NASA.

Andrew R. Morgan served in a rotational assignment with the U.S. Army as commander of the U.S. Army garrison on Kwajalein Atoll and senior military advisor to the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Andrew R. Morgan graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the U.S. Army War College.

Vanessa Wyche is the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Andrew R. Morgan currently serves as commanding general of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Iridium Communications leverages its global L-band network for defense radios, maritime IoT networks, and aviation safety systems.

Amazon and Globalstar reached a definitive merger agreement in April 2026.

Globalstar powers Apple’s iPhone emergency SOS functionality.

Globalstar’s first-quarter 2026 revenue rose 17% to $70 million.

The United States Space Force’s fiscal year 2027 budget was $59.7 billion.

Iridium’s engineering and support revenue for government operations rose 10% in the first quarter of 2026 to nearly $39.5 million.

Iridium’s commercial IoT data services rose 5% in the first quarter of 2026.

Iridium Communications had more than 2.5 million active users in the first quarter of 2026.

In the first quarter of 2026, Iridium Communications’ commercial IoT data services increased 5 percent.

Globalstar’s revenue rose 17% in the first quarter of 2026 to $70 million.

Iridium Communications’ first-quarter 2026 revenue growth was bolstered by ongoing work with the Space Development Agency.

Amazon entered a definitive merger agreement to acquire Globalstar in April 2026.

Amazon reached a definitive merger agreement to acquire Globalstar in April 2026.

The United States Space Force allocated $9.8 billion for space communication infrastructure within its $59.7 billion fiscal year 2027 budget.

Iridium Communications’ commercial IoT data services climbed by 5% and its total subscriber base exceeded 2.5 million active users in the first quarter of 2026.

Iridium Communications acquired Satelles in 2024.

The Satelles acquisition expanded Iridium Communications into satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services.

The United States Space Force budget for fiscal year 2027 was $59.7 billion.

Iridium Communications’ engineering and support revenue for government operations rose by 10% to nearly $39.5 million in the first quarter of 2026.

Globalstar’s first-quarter 2026 revenue rose 17 percent to $70 million.

The United States Space Force had a $59.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2027.

Iridium Communications provides defense radios, maritime IoT networks, aviation safety systems, and satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services.

Iridium Communications expanded into satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services after acquiring Satelles.

Iridium Communications’ engineering and support revenue for government operations rose by 10% in the first quarter of 2026 to nearly $39.5 million.

Iridium Communications had more than 2.5 million active users in its total subscriber base in the first quarter of 2026.

The United States Space Force allocated $9.8 billion for space communication infrastructure in fiscal year 2027.

In the first quarter of 2026, Iridium Communications’ engineering and support revenue for government operations rose 10 percent to nearly $39.5 million.

Iridium Communications’ first-quarter 2026 government operations revenue was bolstered by ongoing work with the Space Development Agency.

Iridium’s first-quarter 2026 government operations revenue was bolstered by ongoing work with the Space Development Agency.

Iridium Communications expanded into satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services through its 2024 acquisition of Satelles.

NASA engineers and mission controllers in Houston opposed the planned cutting approach because they believed it could create elevated structural risks.

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev planned structural repairs that involved cutting a bracket to reach the suspected leak location.

The air leak in the Russian-operated segment of the International Space Station originated in the Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel, or PrK.

Roscosmos continued preparations to address a second leak location.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" capsule remained powered and ready to undock as an emergency evacuation lifeboat.

Roscosmos paused the planned structural cutting and performed additional measurements and data assessments on the affected area.

Five crew members sheltered inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" capsule during the emergency directive.

Roscosmos attempted a more extensive repair operation to find and seal the source of the escaping atmosphere in the PrK.

On Friday, June 5, 2026, NASA issued an emergency directive for astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Roscosmos later sealed one leak using a traditional two-component sealing compound.

Mission controllers detected that the PrK air leak rate doubled from about one pound of air per day to two pounds per day.

The Zvezda service module’s PrK has had intermittent cracks and minor air leaks since 2019.

JME Ventures is an investor in PLD Space.