The US Astronaut Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony on Saturday (31 May), but one of the two honors of this year could not participate for a unique reason for all the previous past.
The first black astronaut Bernard Harris, the first black astronaut, took his induction medal, and unveiled the plaque that would represent them at the Hall of Fame at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. His companions may have done the same by the 2025 Indicitti, Paigie Whitson, but was absent due to the need to be in quarantine before his upcoming fifth launch in space.
Like Harris, Whitson is retired from NASA, but since 2018, the Houston-based Space Services Company is working for the Axiom Space. He took the company’s second mission to the International Space Station in 2023 and is now ready to lead its fourth, X -4 as the second week of this month.
Like 109 astronaut performances, which are already on the exhibition, their paintings were included in the glass in the backlit plaque of Harris, their name, their year of induction and images of their mission patch. In 1995, Harris operated his historic Eva, or extravicular activity in the second place of his two space shuttle flights.
According to Orlando Sentinel, Harris said, “Really, I didn’t know that I was the first African American until I went in, and I got a call that President Clinton wanted to talk to me.” “I went in a way, ‘What for?”
Whitson is the first astronaut that is included in the Hall of Fame, while one is still in the midst of completing a mission and only the second individual is still on the active flight position after or after it. (Michael Lopez-Cleagria, who also works for the Axiom Space, was the first in 2021. Mercury Astronaut John Glenn, who was in the opening category of indicators in 1990, also flew into space in 1998 after his induction as a space shuttle payload expert in 1998.
It is not that you will know it by looking at the patch on Whitson’s hall of fame plaque. Its upcoming AXIOM Space-4 (AX-4) symbol is missing, as its pre-commercial flight (AX-2). Depending on the eligibility requirements of the hall, the honor is only open to members of the NASA-Direct crew, which, apparently, now which missions are accepted on the performance of an astronaut.
Whitson received an initial look at his plaque during a private visit to the visitor complex with his three X -4 crews, which before entering his quarantine.
Before flying to the Axiom, Whitson set a record for the most cumulative time in space for 665 days, as well as a woman recorded the worldwide record for the most time from the planet. Those records have increased only because she keeps flying. (His total off-meaning is currently 675 days.)
Kurt Brown, president of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, said, “Harris and Whitson really represent dedication to courage, courageous spirit and significant exploration for success in the space program.” “With his remarkable achievements and contributions in the region, it is only appropriate to welcome him to the US Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where he is involved in the legacy of the Space Trailblazer to get this prestigious honor.”
In addition to Brown and Harris, Saturday’s celebrations also included the commentary of the Visitor Complex’s Chief Operating Officer and Acting Director of the Kennedy Space Center, Kelvin Manning, Therin Protte. Harris was welcomed in the hall and presented his induction medal by the 2014 Indicity Jerry Ross, who flew on STS -55, Harris’s first spaceflight in 1993.
Kent Roamming, who entered the hall in 2015 and served as the head of the astronaut office, as the head of the astronaut office, formally included experienced space shuttle and space station Astronaut in his absence.
According to Orlando Sentinel, “Please my heart is with you,” Whitson said in a pre-ridden message, which was played on Saturday. “This is a privilege to be part of the respected group of individuals who have dedicated their lives to the discovery of unknown.”
Brown (2013 classes), Rosser and Romeling were among more than 30 giants and active astronauts, who attended the ceremony, many of which are also included in the Hall of Fame.
The hall was originally proposed by six living mercury 7 astronauts over 30 years ago. In addition to NASA being trained, today’s nominees need to create their first flight at least 15 years ago, become a citizen of the United States and completed at least one class around the Earth.
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