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This week’s Honoring Veterans Spotlight honors the service of Navy Veteran Ken Mattingly, who served as a pilot during the 1950s and later became an astronaut during the Apollo missions.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Kayla Barron, who served as a Naval officer and later became an astronaut at NASA.

Apollo 8 Astronaut and Veteran William Anders served in the Air Force from 1955 to 1988.

This week’s America250 salute is Air Force Veteran Charles Duke, a fighter interceptor pilot who became the youngest man to walk on the moon.

Alan Shepard served in the Navy aboard a destroyer and as a test pilot. He was a member of the NASA Mercury Seven and became the first American to travel into space.

NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He was also a seasoned Naval aviator.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Karol J. Bobko, who served as a fighter pilot before becoming a NASA astronaut.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Robert M. White, the first pilot of a winged aircraft to fly into space, becoming the first winged astronaut in 1962.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Laurel Clark, who served as an undersea medical officer and a NASA astronaut.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Sunita Williams, who served as a Gulf War helicopter pilot before becoming a NASA astronaut.

During Black History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Charles Bolden, an aviator, an astronaut and a NASA administrator.

During Black History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Frederick D. Gregory, who served in Vietnam and as an astronaut.