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Today, in a ceremony set beneath Space Shuttle Atlantis^® at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, two veteran astronauts were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame^®.  Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa, each a legend in his and her own right, joined the ranks of 93 prestigious American space heroes who have received the same honor. 

Veteran NASA astronauts Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa will officially be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame^® in a public ceremony that will take place at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis® attraction. 

At Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, meetings, corporate events and trainings take on a new dimension. Imagine dining under the largest rocket ever flown, mingling at cocktail parties among the rockets and under the stars they were meant to explore, and networking with a backdrop of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame^® inductees. 

The 2017 Innovation Summit is the culmination of the Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge– an annual, multi-phase, innovation and entrepreneurship competition hosted by the Conrad Foundation. Kicking off last fall, teams of students from around the world used STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills to develop world-changing solutions for global and local sustainability in one of four categories: Aerospace & Aviation, Cyber-Technology & Security, Energy & Environment, Health & Nutrition

Veteran astronauts Dr. Michael Foale and Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who have both demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in furthering NASA’s mission of exploration and discovery, have been selected to receive one of the highest honors in their industry.

A new tribute opened Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, dedicated to the lives, accomplishments and memories of the three astronauts who perished 50 years ago in a launch pad fire while training for the flight of Apollo 1.