Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-03-2017 04:47 PM
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex release
US Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Announcement
February 14, 2017; 9 a.m. Heroes & Legends featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida
Join us for the announcement of this year's inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Enjoy career highlights of the astronaut candidates and guest speakers at Heroes & Legends featuring the U.S Astronaut Hall of Fame presented by Boeing.
This event is a prelude to the U.S Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony that takes place May 19, 2017 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Speakers include Dan Brandenstein, Chairman of the Board for Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and Therrin Protze, Chief Operating Officer for Delaware North. The event will be hosted by CNN's former space program correspondent John Zarrella.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
The first hispanic woman to fly into space and an astrophysicist who turned to the stars to help him survive a dangerous collision in orbit will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in May.
Former NASA astronauts and crewmates Ellen Ochoa and Michael Foale will be enshrined as the Hall's 2017 class of inductees at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. A public ceremony on May 19, followed by a gala dinner hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation the next evening, will welcome Ochoa and Foale as the 94th and 95th honorees in the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-14-2017 09:50 AM
Ellen Ochoa's reaction:
"I'm honored to be recognized among generations of astronauts who were at the forefront of exploring our universe for the benefit of humankind. I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math so they, too, may reach for the stars."
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-17-2017 09:32 AM
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has begun ticket sales for the gala, with a discounted rate ($450; regular $600) available though April 1. The ticket includes:
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex One-Day Ticket
Seat at the Induction Ceremony
Reception at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Dinner under the Saturn V Rocket
Autographed U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Poster
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-14-2017 09:48 AM
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has begun listing the astronauts who will be attending the 2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame weekend.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-10-2017 11:05 AM
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will host two autograph signing sessions as part of the Astronaut Hall of Fame events on Saturday, May 20:
11 a.m. - Ellen Ochoa, Loren Shriver and Jim Wetherbee
1 p.m. - Brian Duffy and Michael Foale
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52318 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
Nearly 25 years after they flew into space together, Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa entered the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Friday (May 19) as inductees.
Standing under the retired space shuttle Atlantis, a vehicle on which they both flew missions, Foale and Ochoa were celebrated at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida in front of an audience of their fellow astronauts, family members, friends and the general public.
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member
Posts: 3469 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
posted 05-22-2017 12:09 AM
Seeing nine patches for Foale's six flights on his plaque makes me wonder how they'll fit Scott Kelly's patches if he gets inducted...
posted 02-03-2017 04:47 PM
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