Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning speaks during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the center’s Veterans employee resource group. Following this recognition, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
From left, Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning, Kennedy’s Veterans employee resource group chair Ana Contreras and executive champion Edwin Martinez are photographed with the proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity on Nov. 7, 2019. The proclamation was presented by the Military Order of the Purple Heart during a Veterans Day observance event held in the center’s Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
From left, NASA Public Affairs Officer Dustin Cammack, Military Order of the Purple Heart National Adjutant Ernie Rivera, Military Order of the Purple Heart Department of Florida Commander Christopher Vedvick and NASA Public Affairs Officer Derrick Matthews are photographed inside Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium during a Veterans Day observance ceremony on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Christopher Vedvick, left, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, presents Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning with a proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this recognition, Vedvick, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Christopher Vedvick, left, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, presents Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning with a proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this recognition, Vedvick, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Kennedy Space Center employees attend a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium. Those employees standing are being recognized for serving in the United States Armed Forces. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the center’s Veterans employee resource group. Following this recognition, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
The National Anthem is sung by Suzy Cunningham, NASA Strategy and Integration manager, during a Veterans Day observance ceremony held in the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
NASA Public Affairs Officer Derrick Matthews serves as emcee during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium in Florida. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Kennedy Space Center employees attend a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium. Those employees standing are being recognized for serving in the United States Armed Forces. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the center’s Veterans employee resource group. Following this recognition, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
NASA Public Affairs Officer Dustin Cammack conducts a prisoner of war, missing in action ceremony at the start of a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium in Florida. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
The National Anthem is sung by Suzy Cunningham, NASA Strategy and Integration manager, during a Veterans Day observance ceremony held in the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
A prisoner of war (POW), missing in action (MIA) table is on display in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019. The event began with a POW MIA ceremony, followed by an awards recognition, naming Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
The National Anthem is sung by Suzy Cunningham, NASA Strategy and Integration manager, during a Veterans Day observance ceremony held in the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
NASA Public Affairs Officer Derrick Matthews (far left) reads a proclamation by the Military Order of the Purple Heart designating Kennedy Space Center a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. Following the reading, Military Order of the Purple Heart National Adjutant Ernie Rivera (second from left) and Department of Florida Commander Christopher Vedvick presented Kennedy’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning (third from right), and the Veterans employee resource group chair Ana Contreras and executive champion Edwin Martinez, with a plaque stating this recognition. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veteran's Day Event at KSC
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017. Chaplain Lt. Col. Todd Wolf.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony
Members of the Veterans Advisory Committee place flags on the Goddard mall for Memorial Day 2017
Members of the Veterans Advisory Committee place flags on the Go
Members of the Veterans Advisory Committee place flags on the Goddard mall for Memorial Day 2017
Members of the Veterans Advisory Committee place flags on the Go
Marine Corps 241st Birthday Celebration, Veterans Advisory Committee
Marine Corps 241st Birthday Celebration, Veterans Advisory Commi
iss072e147414 (Nov. 15, 2024) --- Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineers Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, all three NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait together with the U.S. flag behind them aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module. The trio was honoring veteran members of the U.S. Armed Forces during Veteran's Day. Williams is a retired U.S. Navy captain, Wilmore is a U.S. Navy test pilot, and Hague is U.S. Space Force colonel.
Three NASA astronauts pose for a portrait on Veterans Day
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Astronaut Jack Fischer with Honor Flight Veterans
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Astronaut Jack Fischer with Honor Flight Veterans
S62-06240 (1962) --- Veteran's Administration Bldg., 2320 LaBranch, Site #14 is one of the leased builidngs and office of the Gemini Spacecraft Project.  HOUSTON, TX  HOUSTON, TX   Photo credit: NASA
SITE #14 - VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - HOUSTON, TX
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Astronaut Jack Fischer with Honor Flight Veterans
jsc2025e060531 (6/24/2025) --- Logo is shown for the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce collaborates with Rhodium Scientific on the Rhodium SpaceAg Veterans investigation. Image courtesy of the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce.
PRO Imagery Submittal - Rhodium SpaceAg Veterans
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer poses for a group photo at the World War II Memorial with veterans who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Astronaut Jack Fischer with Honor Flight Veterans
jsc2021e018129 (4/27/2021) --- Skeletal muscle myotubes form along strips of patterned scaffolds. The myotubes are labeled by antibodies directed against skeletal muscle myosin and visualized by immunofluorescence staining. The cellular nuclei are labeled in blue.  Image courtesy of Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research.
Cardinal Muscle - Skeletal muscle myotubes
Veterans Day Commemoration was held at Goddard on November 15, 2017.  Guest speaker Jared Marinos gave talk “Millennial Journey of a Veteran Transition”
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Veterans Day Commemoration was held at Goddard on November 15, 2017. Guest speaker Jared Marinos gave talk “Millenial Journey of a Veteran Transition”
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S84-44094 (13 Jan 1984) --- Payload Specialist Dr. Millie Hughes Fulford with the Veterans' Administration Hospital and the University of California at San Francisco
Portrait - Millie Hughes Fulford - Payload Sepcialist (PS)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  - Veterans of the space program enjoy a guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center following a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of Project Gemini.  More than 50 former Gemini workers attended the event.  Astronaut John Young, himself a veteran of Project Gemini,  was the key speaker, telling members of the group they should be pleased with their accomplishments, which ultimately helped to land a man on the moon and will lead to future Mars exploration.  Photo credit:NASA/George Shelton
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Veterans of the X-15 flight research program, most of them now retired, reunited at Dryden on the 40th anniversary of the last X-15 flight on Oct. 24, 1968 for a historical colloquium on the X-15 by noted aerospace historian and author Dennis Jenkins on Oct. 24, 2008. Gathered in front of the replica of X-15 #3 the were (from left) Johnny Armstrong, Betty Love, Paul Reukauf, Bob Hoey, Dave Stoddard, Dean Webb, Vince Capasso, Bill Dana (who flew the last flight), John McTigue and T.D. Barnes. Jenkins, the author of "X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight," maintained during his presentation that despite setbacks, the X-15 program became the most successful of all the X-plane research programs due to the can-do, fix-the-problem and go-fly-again attitude of the X-15's cadre of engineers and technicians.
Veterans of the X-15 program reunited at Dryden during a historical colloquium on the 40th anniversary of the last X-15 flight that occurred Oct. 24, 1968.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
jsc2021e031154 (7/22/2021) --- A preflight photo of the BioCell bioreactor for housing engineered muscle. Developed in collaboration with BioServe Space Technologies. Part of Cardinal Muscle investigation. Photo courtesy of the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research.
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Prince Philip, left, speaks with veteran space walkers John M. Grunsfeld, center, and Michael J. Massimino at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Chris Gunn)
Goddard Queen Visit
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
NASA ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT, RIGHT, A VETERAN OF THREE SPACEFLIGHTS, DISCUSSES CUBESAT TECHNOLOGY WITH UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN TUSCALOOSA STUDENTS, FROM LEFT, DAVID ENGLERT, MADISON KOONTZ AND CONNOR BURLESON.
2017 NASA DAY IN MONTGOMERY
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Arnold Gonzales, a 20-year veteran of the NASA Armstrong Calibration Laboratory, uses a digital protractor to calibrate an item sent to the lab at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California.
Calibration Laboratory Provides Key Aircraft Support
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
NASA's veteran silver B-52B, foreground, joined the new B-52H in NASA markings for a ceremony in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002, marking the 50th anniversary of the B-52 aircraft
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Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
NASA's new white B-52H, shared ramp space with the veteran NASA B-52B mother ship in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002 during the 50th anniversary of the B-52 aircraft.
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Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Astronaut Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  - Astronaut John Young speaks to veterans of the space program in front of the U.S. Space Walk of Fame’s Gemini Monument in Space View Park in Titusville, Fla.  More than 50 former Gemini workers attended the event marking the 40th anniversary of Project Gemini.  Young, himself a veteran of Project Gemini, told members of the group they should be pleased with their accomplishments, which ultimately helped to land a man on the moon and will lead to future Mars exploration.  Following the ceremony, the former workers and their families enjoyed a guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  - Astronaut John Young speaks to veterans of the space program in front of the U.S. Space Walk of Fame’s Gemini Monument in Space View Park in Titusville, Fla.  More than 50 former Gemini workers attended the event marking the 40th anniversary of Project Gemini.  Young, himself a veteran of Project Gemini, told members of the group they should be pleased with their accomplishments, which ultimately helped to land a man on the moon and will lead to future Mars exploration.  Following the ceremony, the former workers and their families enjoyed a guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit:NASA/George Shelton
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PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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STS061-65-009 (2-13 Dec 1993) --- Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman is reflected in the helmet visor of F. Story Musgrave as he photographs the veteran astronaut during one of the pair's three-shared extravehicular activity?s (EVA).
Astronaut Story Musgrave in payload bay during EVA
PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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S87-46338 (20 Oct 1987) --- Flight controller Granvil Pennington listens to communications from the STS-26 integrated simulations in the flight control room of JSC's mission control center.  Five veteran astronauts were in a simulator in another JSC building rehearsing their roles for the scheduled June 1988 flight aboard the Discovery.
STS-26 simulation activities in JSC Mission Control Center (MCC)
STS062-10-010 (4-18 March 1994) --- Astronaut John H. Casper, mission commander, takes stock of paraphenalia used to support medical testing onboard Columbia's middeck.  Casper was poind by four other veteran astronauts for 14 days of variegated research in earth orbit.
Astronaut John Casper checks equipment to support medical testing
PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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iss065e441975 (Oct. 5, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship carrying three Russian crew members approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Rassvet module. Aboard the spacecraft were Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko.
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PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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iss071e580589 (Aug. 27, 2024) --- Veteran NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, who has launched to the International Space Station on three different spacecraft (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Soyuz TMA-14, and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner), services life support hardware located in the Tranquility module’s Air Revitalization System rack.
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NASA's new white B-52H, destined to join a veteran B-52B mother ship at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, was exhibited at the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002 during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the B-52 series of aircraft.
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STS091-360-014 (2-12 June 1998) --- Astronaut Charles J. Precourt mans the commander's station on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during NASA's  scheduled final rendezvous operations with Russia's Mir space station. The veteran astronaut holds checklists related to the rendezvous activities.
Crewmember activity in flight deck during rendezvous operations
PHOTO DATE:  06-25-09 LOCATION:  Bldg 9NW SUBJECT:  JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui  PHOTOGRAPHER:  James Blair
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iss065e441892 (Oct. 5, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship carrying three Russian crew members approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Rassvet module. Aboard the spacecraft were Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko.
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S115-E-06135 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist and a veteran NASA spacewalker, is pictured during work on the P3/P4 truss on the third and final EVA, supported by the  Atlantis and International Space Station crews this week.
STS-115 MS Tanner working on the P3/P4 Truss during EVA
iss065e441937 (Oct. 5, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship carrying three Russian crew members approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Rassvet module. Aboard the spacecraft were Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko.
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S81-36714 (14 Nov. 1981) --- These two veteran astronauts were named today as the official prime crew members of STS-3 in the space shuttle Columbia. Commander for NASA?s third space shuttle orbital flight test is astronaut Jack R. Lousma, left, seated in a Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, right, will serve as pilot. Lousma was pilot on the second of three NASA crews to visit the Earth orbiting Skylab space station in 1973. Fullerton, though never having been in space, is a veteran of three free flights of the shuttle during approach and landing tests (ALT) with space shuttle Enterprise in 1977. Photo credit: NASA
STS-2 backup Crewmen Lousma and Fullerton in the bldg 5 Shuttle simulator
S125-E-007240 (14 May 2009) --- Astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-125 mission specialist, appears to be selecting his next tool to use while participating in the first of his crew's five scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity to perform final hands-on servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. Feustel and veteran astronaut John Grunsfeld (out of frame) are scheduled to participate in a total of three of those spacewalks.
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iss053e303563 (Dec. 4, 2017) --- Expedition 52-53 crew members (from left) Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik are pictured in their Sokol launch and entry suits as they prepare for their return to Earth after 139 days in space. The veteran space travelers were practicing the procedures they will use when they undock from the Rassvet module and parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan inside the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft Dec.14.
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Students from Rockledge High School in Rockledge, Fla., make “plarn” – plastic yarn -- out of used plastic bags during Kennedy Space Center’s annual Earth Day celebration. The plarn was donated to be woven into mats for homeless veterans. The two-day Earth Day event featured approximately 50 exhibitors offering information on a variety of topics, including electric vehicles, sustainable lighting, renewable energy, Florida-friendly landscaping tips, Florida’s biking trails and more.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –   An F-104G Starfighter races through the sky over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space and Air Show Nov. 8-9.  This year’s show brought together the best in military aircraft, such as the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-16 Fighting Falcon, coupled with precision pilots and veteran astronauts to celebrate spaceflight and aviation. The event included a water rescue demonstration by the 920th Rescue Wing.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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S125-E-007223 (14 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld performs work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the first of five STS-125 spacewalks kicks off a week?s worth of work on the orbiting observatory.  Grunsfeld, a spacewalk veteran with a long relationship with the telescope, will participate in two of the remaining four sessions of extravehicular activity later in the mission.
STS-125 MS5 Feustel and MS3 Grunsfeld during EVA1
iss066e173447 (March 19, 2022) --- The Soyuz MS-21 crew ship is pictured the day after docking to the Prichal module carrying three new crew Expedition 66 members to the International Space Station. Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev led first time space flyers Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev during the three-hour and 17-minute trip that began with a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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STS062-04-005 (4-18 March 1994) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins has her hands full with a thermal imaging project on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia as astronaut Pierre J. Thuot stands by to help.  The two mission specialists were joined by three other veteran NASA astronauts for almost 14 full days in Earth-orbit.
Astronaut Marsha Ivins with thermal imaging project on flight deck
Jennifer Adams, representing the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, speaks during the Mississippi/Louisiana Gulf Coast Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Local Area Council Meeting on Oct. 29, hosted by NASA’s Stennis Space Center at INFINITY Science Center. The regional meeting focused on how workplace safety team members can achieve and maintain consistent and effective safety and health programs for their current and potential OSHA VPP worksites across south Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Derwin Bradley, a veteran police officer and former soldier, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees at the center’s Operations Support Building II on the topic of personal safety and awareness. The presentation was held March 27, 2019, as part of the Florida spaceport’s Safety and Health Days. During the presentation, Bradley also demonstrated basic self-defense tactics.
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