This Sat, 30 Apr - John Stewart will be a guest and perform "Armstrong," and others.
Good Hunting - The Rez
Andrea Farmer at: 321/449-4318.
For information on the Internet, visit:
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/vi...tions/fame.asp
For those of you having access to NASA TV, perhaps you can catch John's
contribution - check the info here regarding NASA TV coverage:
The taped event will be broadcast on NASA TV at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA TV is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees
west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and
audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz.
For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
From the NASA site, below is a media release listing the astronaut
inductees:
Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Andrea Farmer
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla.
(Phone: 321/449-4318)
April 30, 2004
RELEASE : 04-146
Hall Of Fame Honors NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA's Deputy Administrator Frederick D. Gregory is one of five explorers
being inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame. Gregory and the other
inductees will be honored Saturday during a public ceremony at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla.
As an astronaut, Gregory logged more than 455 hours in orbit on three
missions from 1985 to 1991 as a Space Shuttle pilot and, twice, as Shuttle
commander. He was the first African-American astronaut to command a Space
Shuttle mission. He has served in a number of key NASA posts, including
Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance and Associate
Administrator for Space Flight. He became NASA's Deputy Administrator in
2002.
He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he earned a Bachelor
of Science degree. He earned a master's degree from George Washington
University, Washington. Gregory served 30 years in the U.S. Air Force and
retired as a Colonel in 1993.
"I am so proud of Fred and grateful for all the years of service he's given
to this agency," said NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. "I congratulate him
and his wife Barbara on this tremendous honor."
"The opportunity to serve this country as an astronaut has always been honor
enough for me," Gregory said. "I appreciate the recognition from the
Astronaut Hall of Fame, and I feel proud to be in the company of the other
remarkable explorers being inducted this year."
Other inductees at Saturday's ceremony:
-- Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., was NASA's first female spacewalker in 1984.
Sullivan also helped launch the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990.
-- Richard O. Covey, Col., USAF (Ret.). He was pilot of the first Space
Shuttle return to flight mission in 1988 following the Challenger accident.
He commanded the 1993 Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. He is leading
the task group making an independent assessment of NASA's Return to Flight
efforts.
-- Norman E. Thagard, M.D., the first American to live on Russia's Mir space
station. He spent 115 days working on Mir in 1995.
-- Francis R. Scobee, commander of the 1986 Challenger mission that ended in
disaster 73 seconds after liftoff. Scobee will be represented Saturday by
his widow, June.
Gregory's full biography is available on the Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights...re_Deputy.html
Biographical information on the Hall of Fame inductees is available on the
Internet at:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio_former.html
With this year's inductees, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame has honored 57
people. For information about the ceremony, contact Andrea Farmer at:
321/449-4318. For information on the Internet, visit:
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/vi...tions/fame.asp
The taped event will be broadcast on NASA TV at 1:30 p.m. EDT. NASA TV is
available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west
longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio
is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Internet,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Hope this is helpful to those of you nearby or have access to NASA TV.
To the Star in the Black Sky Shining,
The Rez
