By all measures, Jim Lovell should have been among the first group of astronauts to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor when it was first bestowed in October 1978. Among the six chosen ...

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley received medals for bravery for soaring to ... and its crews," the vice president said. Behnken, chief astronaut at NASA, was one of the engineers that helped build ...

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony on Saturday (May 31), but one of this year's two honorees ...

In 2015, NASA named him chief astronaut. Today, Cassidy puts his skills and knowledge to use as CEO and president of the National Medal of Honor Museum. Since joining the museum in 2021 ...

Acaba is the first person of Hispanic heritage to be named chief astronaut ... upgrade of ISS solar arrays Astronauts awarded Congressional Space Medals of Honor New asteroid expected to make ...

Whitson joined Axiom Space after retiring from NASA in 2018. According to the Visitor Complex's website, Whitson has served as NASA’s Chief of the Astronaut Office, twice as Commander of the ISS, ...

Nicola “Nicky” Fox doesn’t actually remember seeing astronaut Neil Armstrong take humanity’s first ... Her dad planted a fascination with space in his daughter, and now Fox is chief of NASA’s Science ...

Captain Gibson also served as chief of the Astronaut ... Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal. "Chattanooga enthusiastically welcomes NASA Astronaut and Captain Robert L.