U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® Induction Ceremony 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Location: NASA Central at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The public is invited to witness heroes honoring heroes at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Kenneth D. Bowersox, Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., and Kathryn C. Thornton will join an elite group of American space heroes as they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® during a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Jon Cryer, Emmy Award winning star of the hit comedy series "Two and a Half Men" will host the Induction Ceremony.
This is the ninth group of space shuttle astronauts named to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. The addition of Bluford, the first African American to fly in space; Bowersox, pilot of the first maintenance mission to restore the crippled Hubble Space Telescope; Culbertson, commander of the first space shuttle night landing at Kennedy Space Center; and Thornton, a mission specialist during the first three-person spacewalk, will bring the number of space explorers enshrined in the Hall of Fame to 77.
As part of the weekend celebration, Induction weekend ticket packages are available for $70 plus tax for adults and $50 plus tax for children.
Purchase the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ticket Package.
Standing-room-only viewing of the Induction Ceremony is included with admission to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex or an Annual Pass.
Hall of Fame astronauts currently scheduled to attend include*:
Buzz Aldrin, John Blaha, Dan Brandenstein, Scott Carpenter, Mike Coats, Dick Covey, Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke, Owen Garriott, Robert “Hoot Gibson, Fred Gregory, Fred Haise, Hank Hartsfield, Rick Hauck, Steven Hawley, Jeff Hoffman, Jack Lousma, Bruce McCandless, Edgar Mitchell, George “Pinky” Nelson, Rusty Schweickart, Brewster Shaw, Bill Shepard, Loren Shriver, and Al Worden.
*Subject to change.
View the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2010 Induction Bios.
View the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2010 Induction Schedule of Events.