About: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company's latest batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and land the Falcon 9 first-stage booster on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at /space.

Launch Window: Between midnight and 2 a.m.

Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Company / Agency: Internal SpaceX mission.

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The last day eligible for flight a NASA astronaut flight assignment was at least five years before nomination.Īt Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SpaceX teams are preparing for another launch of a Falcon 9 rocket packed with more of the company's Starlink internet satellites.

Must have served as a NASA-trained space shuttle commander, pilot, mission specialist, International Space Station commander, or flight engineer.

An astronaut must have made his or her first flight at least 15 years before the induction.

It's administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.Įligibility for induction is determined by a few criteria: Selection to receive the honor is determined by a committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, historians, and journalists. 'Both have that daring spirit but also the spirit of a servant leader.'įirst spearheaded by the six surviving Mercury 7 astronauts in 1990, a new Hall of Fame was opened in 2016 as part of the Visitor Complex's Heroes & Legends attraction. 'What links Roy and Mark is that they not only pushed the limits of humanity's reach, but they both showed their humanity continuing to serve NASA and our nation beyond their days as astronauts as Center director and U.S. Bridges flew shuttle Challenger during his career, while Kelly flew Discovery and Endeavour. SpaceX launch: More Starlink internet satellites lofted from Cape Canaveral in Floridaīoth men served as pilots of NASA's space shuttle program. Rocket launch schedule: Upcoming Florida launches and landings Many veteran NASA astronauts including Robert Crippin, Rusty Schweickart, Garrett Reisman, Michael Lopez Alegria, and Karen Nyberg, among others, also attended. Following his own induction in 2020, the brothers became the first pair of siblings and the only set of identical twins to hold places in the Hall of Fame. Bridges join US Astronaut Hall of FameĪttendees included high-level NASA leadership: Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning.įamily members of the honorees also in attendance included Mark Kelly's wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, and Kelly's identical twin brother and former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. “This year’s class is another example of excellence from our space program,' said Curt Brown, board chairman of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, in a statement. Astronaut Hall of Fame located in the Heroes & Legends attraction at the Visitor Complex.Ī black-tie event hosted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation following the induction ceremony Saturday evening was set to celebrate the newest Hall of Fame members.

Their names will be enshrined at the U.S. Bridges and Kelly join 105 others in receiving the honor since the Hall of Fame opened in 1990. Senator Mark Kelly took place under the space shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The Saturday ceremony honoring former Kennedy Space Center Director Roy Bridges and U.S. Two well-known, veteran NASA astronauts were inducted into the U.S. ET for the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Update: SpaceX is now targeting no earlier than Thursday, May 11, between 11 p.m.

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