NASA 2 (IMAGE) Rice University Caption Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and Rice University President Reginald DesRoches signed an extension of the long-standing Space Agreement Act between the institutions on Aug. 19. Here, Wyche presents a plaque to DesRoches that incorporates an American flag flown on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission, which included astronaut and Rice alumna Shannon Walker. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.