June 1, 2010

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 allard beutel@nasa gov

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc com

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-085

NASA TV AIRING U S ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION ON JUNE 5

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the U S Astronaut Hall of Fame 2010 induction ceremony on Saturday, June 5, at 2:30 p m EDT The ceremony will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida

Joining the hall of fame this year are former astronauts Guy Bluford Jr , the first African-American to fly in space; Ken Bowersox, pilot of the first maintenance mission to restore NASA's Hubble Space Telescope; Frank Culbertson Jr , commander of the first space shuttle night landing at Kennedy; and Kathy Thornton, a mission specialist during the first three-person spacewalk flight

Jon Cryer, Emmy Award-winning comedian in the TV series "Two and a Half Men," is hosting the event NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden will introduce one of the inductees

Reporters interested in covering the event should contact Andrea Farmer at 321-449-4318 or Jillian McRae at 321-449-4273 For more information about the U S Astronaut Hall of Fame, visit:

http://www kennedyspacecenter com

For biographies of Bluford, Bowersox, Culbertson and Thornton, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/astrobio_former html

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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