Tag: Astronaut Hall of Fame
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New attraction opens at Kennedy Space Center to honor legendary astronauts
A statue of astronaut Alan Shepard, America’s first person in space, stands just inside the doors to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s new Heroes & Legends attraction. Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson CAPE CANAVERAL — A building dedicated to the heroism of American astronauts, who put their lives on…
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Shuttle skipper, mountaineering spacewalker going into Hall of Fame
Brian Duffy (left) and Scott Parazynski (right) are the 2016 inductees for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. CAPE CANAVERAL — Commander of the 100th space shuttle flight and a spacewalker who later climbed Mount Everest will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday. Brian Duffy…
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U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes 2015 class
Grunsfeld, Lindsey, Rominger and Seddon. Credit: NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — A proud “Hubble Hugger,” the final commander of shuttle Discovery, the first person to fly a docking to the International Space Station and one of the first U.S. women to join the astronaut ranks were inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday. Veteran…
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Video: Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2015
On Saturday, May 30, 2015, four space shuttle astronauts will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame during a public ceremony held at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction: John Grunsfeld, Ph. D., Steven Lindsey, Kent Rominger, and M. Rhea Seddon, M.D.