NASA’s Ellen Ochoa and Michael Foale to join U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will see two more names added to its walls – Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to go into space and current director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and former astronaut Michael Foale, the only U.S. astronaut to serve on both the International Space Station and Russian space station Mir.
The two NASA astronauts, both with one-of-a-kind career credits, will be honoured Friday, May 19, when they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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Ochoa was selected as a NASA astronaut in January 1990. A veteran of four flights, Ochoa logged more than 978 hours in space, serving as mission specialist on space shuttle mission STS-56, payload commander on STS-66, and both flight engineer and mission specialist on STS-96 and STS-110. She has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal, NASA’s highest award.
Foale was selected as an astronaut candidate in June 1987. A veteran of six missions, he logged more than 374 days in space and four spacewalks totalling almost 23 hours, including a spacewalk to perform repairs and upgrades to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. He also is the only American citizen to have served on both Mir and the International Space Station. Foale retired from NASA in 2013.
Envisioned as a place where American astronauts are remembered and honoured, visitors can learn about the lives of space heroes through compelling displays. Created by the Mercury Seven astronauts, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees are selected by special committee of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
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