New inductees Marsha Ivins and David Hilmers are surrounded by their fellow Astronaut Hall of Fame members at the close of the hall's 25th induction ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Saturday, June 1, 2024.This year's U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony was also a reunion of sorts, as the two honorees took to the stage under the spacecraft on which they once crossed paths.
John Grunsfeld presents the Astronaut Hall of Fame medal to new inductee Marsha Ivins, his former shuttle crewmate.Hilmers also paid tribute to Atlantis in his remarks. Ivins left an equally impressive mark on NASA, said Grunsfeld, though she might be the last to acknowledge it. New inductees David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins pose with the plaques that will represent them in the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Saturday, June 1, 2024.by a committee of Astronaut Hall of Fame members, former NASA officials, historians and journalists. The process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
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