Astronaut Hall of Fame

(Before It's News)

Shuttle astronauts Shannon Lucid, the only U.S. woman to live onboard the Russian space station Mir, and Jerry Ross, the first person to launch seven times from Earth into space, will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame, officials announced Friday (Feb. 7). Lucid and Ross will be formally enshrined during a public induction ceremony on May 3 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida. The 2014 class are the 13th group of shuttle astronauts to be inducted; Lucid’s and Ross’s addition will raise the total members to 87.

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