NASA inducts two space shuttle veterans into Astronaut Hall of Fame

NASA inducts two space shuttle veterans into Astronaut Hall of Fame

Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid and Jerry L. Ross were immortalized in a ceremony on Saturday.

Jerry Ross and Shannon Lucid, veterans of a combined 12 space shuttle missions, were inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Lucid was a member of the first NASA astronaut class to include women. Between August 1991 and June 2007 she logged a total of 223 days in space. She holds the record for the most days spent in space by a woman and was the only American to serve on the Russian Mir space station, where she served for 188 days. Following her time as an astronaut, Lucid served as Chief Scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington D.C. and as a CAPCOM at Mission Control.

Originally a test pilot with 4,100 hours of flight time on 21 different types of aircraft, Ross logged a record seven shuttle missions. In total he spent 58 days in space and completed nine space walks totaling 58 hours and 18 minutes, a record for U.S astronauts and third most of all astronauts worldwide. Ross also served on the very first assembly mission to build the International Space Station.

There are now 87 members of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and shuttle mission in the Kennedy Space Center’s Astronaut Hall of Fame. More information about the hall and the individuals honored there can be found at Kennedyspacecenter.com.

NASA has posted this year’s induction ceremony on YouTube.

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