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NASA inducts Shannon Lucid and Jerry Ross into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.– KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Space Shuttle astronauts Shannon Lucid and Jerry Ross joined an elite group of American space heroes Saturday. They were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
The ceremony was held in the new Space Shuttle Atlantisattraction at the Visitor Complex. Atlantis carried Lucid to Mir for her historic 188 days on the space station back in 1996, while five of Ross’ seven flights were also on Atlantis, so it’s fitting that they received this great honor underneath the gigantic shuttle.
There were 25 legendary astronauts welcoming the inductees into the special club. The welcome committee consisted of 2013 inductees, Curt Brown and Bonnie Dunbar, as well as John Blaha, Karol “Bo” Bobko, NASA administrator Charlie Bolden, Vance Brand, Dan Brandenstein, Kennedy Space Center director Bob Cabana, Frank Culbertson, Walt Cunningham, Owen Garriott, Hoot Gibson, Dick Gordon, Fred Gregory, Fred Haise, Steve Hawley, Jeff Hoffman, Edgar Mitchell, Pinky Nelson, Charlie Precourt, Brewster Shaw, Loren Shriver, Tom Stafford, Kathy Thornton and Jim Wetherbee.
