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.

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.

Whitson — who has amassed 675 days in space, the most of any female astronaut ever — will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut ...

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 ...

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 ...

India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private flight ...

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.

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.