United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

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🚀SPECIAL SPACE EVENT🚀2026 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction
10:30 AM EDT Saturday, May 16, 2026
The 2026 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2026, and all are invited to this star-studded event!  The induction ceremony will be held on the lower level of Space Shuttle Atlantis®, beginning at 10:30 AM. It is included with admission, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Signed posters of the inductees may be picked up in the Information building, while supplies last.

https://twitter.com/SpaceNewsFL/status/2053532291427627054

Shuttle-era spacewalkers Akers, Tanner enter Astronaut Hall of Fame

May 16, 2026 — Tom Akers and Joe Tanner are finally in the same class.

The two veteran space shuttle crew members entered into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame together on Saturday (May 16). They could have also been in the same NASA astronaut selection group, too, had history played out a little bit differently.

In 1984, Tanner reported to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to fly as an instructor pilot and then applied for the next class of astronaut candidates.

"Tom came in with the class of 1987, which, interestingly enough, I interviewed for. He made it, and I didn't," said Tanner. (...)
https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-051626a-astronaut-hall-fame-akers-tanner-induction.html

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Four Space Shuttle Veterans Inducted Into US Astronaut Hall of Fame
by Emily Carney May 31, 2015

(...) Four space shuttle veterans, whose careers spanned from the nascent beginnings to the end of the 30-year-long program, were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 30, under Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC). Astronauts John Grunsfeld (STS-67, STS-81, STS-103, STS-109, and STS-125), Steve Lindsey (STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, and STS-133), Kent Rominger (STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, and STS-100), and Dr. Rhea Seddon (STS-51D, STS-40, and STS-58) were welcomed into the fold by their astronaut colleagues, comprising the 14th group of shuttle astronauts to enter the Hall of Fame. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2015/05/31/four-space-shuttle-veterans-inducted-into-u-s-astronaut-hall-of-fame/