Astronaut Hall of Fame 2023

Kelvin Manning, deputy director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to guests during the 2023 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (AHOF) Induction inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 6, 2023. Two veteran space explorers were inducted into the AHOF Class of 2023. They are Roy D. Bridges Jr. and Mark Kelly. Inductees into the Hall of Fame are selected by a committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, historians and journalists. The process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. To be eligible, an astronaut must have made his or her first flight at least 17 years before the induction. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen and a NASA-trained commander, pilot, or mission specialist who has orbited the earth at least once. Including Bridges and Kelly, 107 astronauts have been inducted into the AHOF.