At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Boy Scout Troop 369 from Merritt Island, Florida presents the colors as Jennifer Fiore sings the National Anthem to open the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Space shuttle astronauts Franklin Chang Diaz, Kevin Chilton and Charlie Precourt were inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2012.
The year’s inductees were selected by a committee of current Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, historians and journalists. The selection process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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