Spacewalker Speaker

Spacewalker Speaker

NASA Astronaut is silhouetted in profile, speaking in front of a photo of himself on one of his seven shuttle space flights.
Photo by Megan Bean

October 28, 2022

Jerry Ross, a retired NASA astronaut and veteran of seven space flights, spoke at a recent awards ceremony honoring 桃花直播's current Astronaut Scholars--Emma Wade, a senior computer science major, and Britain Steele, a junior aerospace engineering major. Ross recounted memories from his decorated career that included 4,100 flying hours, the majority in military aircraft, and more than 1,393 hours in space, including 58 hours and 18 minutes of聽extravehicular activity, or EVA, on nine spacewalks. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2014. Click here to read more.