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TOGETHER AGAIN – Former astronaut Gordon Fullerton (left), currently chief research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, is congratulated by former astronaut Fred Haise (right) upon Fullerton’s induction into the Astronaut Hall of Fame at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida this past weekend.
Fullerton and Haise were one of two flight crews who flew the Approach and Landing Tests of the prototype Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise at Dryden in 1977. Fullerton, who had served on the support crews for four Apollo moon landing missions in the early 1970s, went on to fly two Shuttle missions, STS-3 in 1982 and STS-51F in 1985. STS-3 became the only Shuttle mission to date to land at White Sands, N.M., and STS-51F was completed successfully despite the failure of one of the Shuttle’s main engines during ascent to orbit. Haise, a member of the crew on the famed Apollo 13 mission and a research pilot at NASA Dryden during his pre-astronaut career, introduced Fullerton during the induction ceremonies.
“Since the selection is made primarily by other (Hall of Fame) astronauts, a peer award is always the most meaningful,” Fullerton commented. “It’s nice to be remembered as having done something significant in their minds.”
Former astronauts Joseph Allen and Bruce McCandless were also inducted during this year’s fourth annual Astronaut Hall of Fame ceremonies at the KSC Visitor Center.
In addition to honoring former members of NASA’s astronaut corps who have made significant contributions to the advancement of space flight, the annual induction ceremonies serve as a fund-raiser for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The foundation will fund 18 $10,000 scholarships to college students studying science and engineering this year.
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