"From IUP Graduate to Space Mission: Late Homer City Astronaut Honored"
Northrop Grumman has announced that an upcoming Cygnus spacecraft mission will be named after Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson, a NASA astronaut and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) graduate who died before she could go to space. The S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson will be the 20th mission of the Cygnus spacecraft, which supplies equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. Dr. Hilliard Robertson was recognized for her accomplishments in space medicine, flight instruction, and piloting, and her service as an astronaut. She is remembered as an inspiration in medicine, aviation, and space exploration.