Delaney: Astronaut, actor honorary luge team captains

An astronaut and an actor are honorary captains of the U.S. Olympic luge team.

Additional honorary team captains will be announced in the near future, according to a USA Luge release. For now, two former USA Luge athletes are set to return to the sport when they accompany the U.S. team to the Winter Olympics outside of Vancouver.

Dr. Scott Parazynski is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions and seven space walks. Parazynski was Senator John Glenn's physician on the 1998 Space Shuttle Discover when the then-77-year-old Glenn became the oldest man to enter space. Parazynski, who attended Stanford, was a member of the U.S. Luge Development Team and finished in the Top 10 at the 1988 Winter Olympic Trials.

Eric Mabius, best known for his current work as Daniel Meade on the ABC television show 'Ugly Betty,' is the other honorary captain. Mabius was a member of the U.S. Junior Luge team from 1986-1988 and competed with current U.S. doubles team sliders Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin.