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Temple City's Own Astronaut Selected for 2015 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction ®
by Nancy Glasgow Temple City
On Saturday, May 30, 2015, four space shuttle astronauts will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame® during a public ceremony held at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Space Shuttle AtlantisSM attraction: John Grunsfeld, Ph. D., Steven Lindsey, Kent Rominger, and M. Rhea Seddon, M.D. These astronaut heroes will join the ranks of wellknown space explorers
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including Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. This year marks the historic 25th anniversary of the Hall of Fame, which was conceived in the 1980s by the six remaining Mercury astronauts as a place where space explorers could be remembered. Past Hall of Fame inductees include Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle astronauts. This year’s inductees comprise the 14th group of space shuttle astronauts named to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of members to 91. Among this year’s inductees are a robotics expert who conducted three missions
to repair the Hubble Space Telescope; two former military aviators who became space shuttle pilots and commanders on key shuttle missions to build the International Space Station; and a medical doctor and payload commander on life sciences missions who was one of NASA’s first female astronauts. The 2015 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 30. Admittance into the ceremony is included in admission to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex; however, seating is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information,
visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com. Steven W. Lindsey (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) was selected as a NASA astronaut in March 1995. A veteran of five space shuttle flights, Lindsey has logged more than 1,510 hours in space. Lindsey first flew in space in November 1997 as the pilot of STS-87 Columbia. During one of STS-87’s spacewalks, Lindsey piloted the first Courtesy photo by www.zimbio.com flight of the AERTemple City Astronaut continued on page 6 Cam Sprint, a
Baldwin Avenue Roadway Underpass Re-Opens
by Chelsea Dickerson El Monte
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After being closed for two years of construction, a four-lane roadway underpass at the railroad crossing on Baldwin Avenue opened to traffic on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in the City of El Monte. The new underpass and railroad bridge, located north of Valley Boulevard, is expected to carry 28,000 vehicles per day. The completion of this project re-establishes the Baldwin Avenue connection between Interstates 10 and 210 in the San Gabriel Valley. “This project represents great progress for our city and will eliminate accidents Officials gathered last month at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of major construction of the four-lane underpass. and reduce traffic, improving quality of life for our residents,” said El Monte endeavor to construct the and crossing gate warnings Metro and Union Pacific Councilwoman Norma Maunderpass.” – and emissions levels are Railroad. The scope of work cias, immediate past chair of The re-designed area will also expected to drastically required over two years the Alameda Corridor-East alleviate traffic congestion reduce. of construction and the (ACE) Construction Authorand eliminate the potential The $76.7 million project employment of 446 conity Board of Directors. “I for train-vehicle collisions was funded in partnership by struction workers, with 11 am incredibly thankful for and emergency responder Federal and State agencies, percent of construction costs everyone’s patience and supdelays. Noise pollutants - inLos AngeBaldwin Overpass Re-Opens continued on page 6 port during this substantial clusive of locomotive horns les County