posted 02-06-2023 09:11 AM               

Senator Mark Kelly, Roy Bridges to enter Astronaut Hall of Fame

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will celebrate the careers of two space shuttle pilots, one who flew at the start of the program and another who helped bring it to a close almost 30 years later.

Retired Major General Roy Bridges and Senator Mark Kelly have been chosen as the 2023 Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees. The two will be enshrined during a public ceremony at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on May 6.

posted 05-06-2023 02:40 PM               

Roy Bridges, Senator Mark Kelly inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame

A retired general and a sitting senator were honored by their peers as the newest inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Retired Major General Roy Bridges (U.S. Air Force) and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) were hailed on Saturday (May 6) at a public ceremony held under the display of the space shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The two astronauts flew on other orbiters in NASA's now grounded fleet, Bridges as pilot and Kelly as both pilot and commander.