Cornell College grad David Hilmers will be inducted into the 2024 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, joining more than 100 other astronauts honored in the exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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,
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has announced the 2024 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees and a Quad Cities native is on the list. David Hilmers from Clinton and Marsha Ivins will be among the 107 astronauts who have been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex since […]