T wo veteran astronauts were inducted May 31 into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame — and one of them had to miss the induction ceremony as she's preparing to launch on yet another mission.

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame just held its annual induction ceremony, but one of this year's two honorees could not attend for a reason unique to all past enshrinements.

A veteran astronaut from Iowa has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.Astronaut Peggy Whitson is from Beaconsfield. She was inducted into the 26th class of honorees at the Kennedy ...

Whitson — who has amassed 675 days in space, the most of any female astronaut ever — will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in May alongside fellow space veteran Bernard Harris.

Two veteran astronauts were inducted May 31 into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame — and one of them had to miss the induction ceremony as she's preparing to launch on yet another mission.

Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a decorated astronaut who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk in 1995, is being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31.

America’s first astronauts of the1960’s “Project Mercury”, envisioned a place where former astronauts could be honored. In 1990, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame was established. It is ...

Whitson — who has amassed 675 days in space, the most of any female astronaut ever — will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in May alongside fellow space veteran Bernard Harris.

There are 109 astronauts inducted into the Hall of Fame, and nearly 15 are women. Since its inception, NASA has selected 360 astronauts including 299 men and 61 women.

Two veteran astronauts were inducted May 31 into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame — and one of them had to miss the induction ceremony as she's preparing to launch on yet another mission.

IN COURT. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME PEGGY WHITSON GREW UP IN BEACONSFIELD. WHITSON FLEW ON THREE NASA LONG DURATION SPACE FLIGHTS AND SERVED AS COMMANDER OF AXIOM MISSION TWO ...