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: At one point it was a real possibility that Peggy Whitson would be in space when she was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. After a launch delay, she was still absent but only because she was in quarantine awaiting her fifth liftoff. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex went forward with the public ceremony on Saturday (May 31), inducting Peggy Whitson in absentia and Bernard Harris, the first Black spacewalker.
: A baby swan will fly to the International Space Station, joining a crew of international astronauts. The Axiom Mission 4 zero-g indicator is "Joy," a plush swan that by beginning to float will signal to Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu that they have safely reached low Earth orbit. The crew selected a swan because of what it represents in the Indian, Polish and Hungarian cultures.
: Marc Garneau became the first Canadian astronaut to fly in space in 1984. On Wednesday (June 4), he died at the age of 76 after a short illness. One of Canada's first six astronauts chosen in 1983, Garneau launched on three NASA space shuttle missions (STS-41G, STS-77 and STS-87), was appointed president of the Canadian Space Agency, served 15 years in Canada's Parliament and was the Minister of Transport.
