It was 1980 and Col. David Hilmers was leading a small command of Marines in Japan when a bulletin came across his desk. NASA was hiring astronauts. With the opportunity right in front of him, he figured it was worth a shot.
CAPE CANAVERAL –- The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s Curt Brown has announced the 2024 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees. Veteran astronauts David Hilmers of DeWitt and Marsha Ivins of Houston,
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Sundberg has been working with composite materials and 3-D printing which caught the attention of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The mechanical engineering student now can reach for the stars thanks to his research and the connections he will make with the ASF.