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Trailblazing Astronauts Inducted into Hall of Fame

6/1/2025

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Dr. Bernard Harris and Dr. Peggy Whitson were celebrated at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction on May 31 at Kennedy Space Center. Harris, the trailblazing first Black astronaut to conduct a spacewalk, and Whitson, the record-setting woman with the most time in space, ignite passion and dreams in aspiring astronauts everywhere.

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Dr. Bernard Harris and Dr. Peggy Whitson were celebrated at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction on May 31 at Kennedy Space Center. Harris, the trailblazing first Black astronaut to conduct a spacewalk, and Whitson, the record-setting woman with the most time in space, ignite passion and dreams in aspiring astronauts everywhere.