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Mark N. Brown

NASA Astronaut, USAF Fighter Pilot, Engineer, NASA & Corporate Manager

Mark Brown has enjoyed a distinguished career as an Air Force fighter pilot, engineer..

Former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court

Roy S. Moore is married to Kayla, and they have four children: Heather, Ory, Caleb, and Micah..

Mark Polansky

Former NASA Astronaut, Military Fighter & Test Pilot

Mark Polansky is a former NASA Astronaut and veteran of three Space Shuttle missions..

Blogger for Discover Magazine at Bad Astronomy, where he deconstructs misconceptions and explores the wonder of the Universe.

Phil Plait is the Bad Astronomer. Not a bad astronomer, but a blogger for Discover Magazine who debunks myths and misconceptions..

David Wolf

Astronaut, Medical Doctor, Engineer, Scientist, Inventor & Aerobatic Pilot

David Alexander Wolf is an astronaut, medical doctor, electrical engineer..

David Christian teaches an ambitious world history course that tells the tale of the entire universe -- from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago to present day.

DAVID CHRISTIAN is leading figure in one of the most exciting developments in contemporary intellectual exploration..

Frank Culbertson

Former Naval Officer, Aviator, Test Pilot, Aerospace Engineer & NASA Astronaut

Astronaut Frank Culbertson (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former naval aviator..

Gregory H. “Box” Johnson

Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Air Force Colonel & Past President of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space

Johnson served as the pilot and primary robotic arm operator of STS-123 which delivered the Kibo logistics module..

Astronaut, 10th Man to Walk on the Moon

Charlie Duke was born in Charlotte, NC, in 1935. Led by a desire to serve his country, Duke attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Natalie Panek

Engineer, MDA Robotics and Automation Division

Panek innovates products for the extremes of outer space, whether it’s a robot to service..

Former NASA Astronaut & Planetary Scientist; Author

Thomas D. Jones, PhD, is a scientist, author, pilot, and veteran NASA astronaut.

George "Zambo" Zamka

Retired US Marine Colonel, Former FAA Executive in Commercial Space, and Former NASA Astronaut

George Zamka is a retired US Marine Colonel, former FAA Executive in Commercial Space..

Former Fighter Pilot, Healthcare Consultant

Dr. Max Rogers was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, and attended The Virginia Military Institute for college.

Former Administrator of NASA & Astronaut; Retired United States Marine Corps General

Nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., began his duties as the twelfth Administrator..

Former Indian Air Force Pilot & Astronaut; First Indian in Space

The first Indian to fly into space, Rakesh Sharma was born on January 13, 1949 in Patiala, Punjab.

Former NASA Astronaut, Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, Informative & Educational Speaker

Brian Duffy (Retired Colonel, U.s. Air Force) is a pilot and a former NASA Astronaut..

Steve Lindsey

Senior Vice President of Strategy at Sierra Space, Former U.S. Air Force (USAF) Pilot & NASA Astronaut, Experimental Test Pilot, Engineer, Program Manager

Steve Lindsey, (Colonel, USAF Retired) is a pilot, engineer, program manager, and a former NASA Astronaut..

Physician, Navy SEAL, NASA Astronaut & First Korean-American Headed to Space

While still awaiting his flight assignment, Kim will become the first Korean-American to head to space..

Susan Helms

Retired Lieutenant General in the Air Force & Former NASA Astronaut

Helms’s first flight was STS-54, aboard Endeavour, a 6-day mission that deployed a Tracking..

Piloted SpaceShipOne, the world's first reusable civilian spacecraft, into space

Brian Binnie is a Program Business Manager and Test Pilot at Scaled Composites.

Former NASA Astronaut

A hero of the American Space Odyssey, Frank Borman led the first team of American astronauts to circle the moon..

Heather Penney

Fighter Pilot for Flight 93 Kamikaze Mission on 9/11, United States Air Force Pilot, Defense Policy Expert

Most widely recognized for her service on September 11, Heather “Lucky” Penney..

Nicole Stott

Former NASA Astronaut & Engineer

Nicole Marie Passonno Stott is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut..

Accelerationist, Former US Air Force Fighter Pilot, Sales and Change Managing Expert, Author of Leadership When the Heat's On

Danny Cox is an "accelerationist", or one who causes faster movement, higher efficiency and increased productivity..

Victor J. Glover

NASA Astronaut; Former Commander, US Navy

Victor J. Glover, Jr. was selected as an astronaut in 2013 while serving..

Astrophysicist, Former NASA Astronaut & CEO at Foale Aerospace Inc.

Dr. Foale is a former NASA astronaut who has flown five times on the US Space Shuttle and on the Russian Soyuz rocket..

José M. Hernández

Former NASA Astronaut, Engineer, Former Candidate for U.S. Congress & Author

NASA engineer Jose Hernandez wanted to fly in space ever since he heard that the first Hispanic-American..

Megan McArthur

NASA Astronaut

McArthur served as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-125, the final space..

Charismatic aviation and aerospace speaker

Oscar S. Garcia is the world's foremost bilingual (spanish & english) advisor and media commentator about aviation, aerospace..

Dr. Roberta Bondar

Canada's First Female Astronaut; World's First Neurologist in Space

The world’s first neurologist in space, Dr. Roberta Bondar is globally..

Former Astronaut; Holds Record for the Number of Days in Space

For 21 years, Ed Gibson held the American record of 84 days in space..

Barry Wilmore

NASA Astronaut; United States Navy Test Pilot

Barry E. Wilmore (Captain, U.S. Navy) is a veteran of two spaceflights and has accumulated..

Ed Lu

Physicist, Engineer, Entrepreneur & Former NASA Astronaut

Ed Lu is a physicist, engineer, entrepreneur, and former NASA Astronaut. He flew two Space..

Jessica Watkins

NASA Astronaut; First Black Woman on International Space Station Crew

Dr. Watkins conducted her graduate research on the emplacement...

For more than fifty years, Dr. Ben Bova has been writing award-winning science fiction and nonfiction about science, technology and the future.

The author of more than 100 futuristic novels and nonfiction books, he has been involved in science..

John “Danny” Olivas

Former NASA Astronaut & Mission Assurance Expert; Director of Space Initiatives at the University of Texas

Dr. John “Danny” Olivas is a former NASA astronaut, a veteran of two space shuttle flights, and five spacewalks..

Robert Varkonyi shocked the Poker world when he won the main event of the World Series of Poker in 2002. Quiet and unassuming, Varkonyi was an unknown in a very tough field, but in the end he came through to outlast 630 other players, and claim his $2 Mil

Robert Varkonyi was born in New York in 1961. Both of his parents are Hungarian immigrants who fled their homeland in 1956 after a communist regime was instilled.

Karen Baetzel

Retired Navy Pilot & Leadership Expert

Captain Karen Baetzel, USN (ret) is a fusion of a tough-minded senior military leader..

G. Scott Hubbard has been recognized as an innovator and leader in science, technology, and management for more than 30 years-including 20 years with NASA. Hubbard currently is a Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford Univ

G Scott Hubbard has been recognized as an innovator and leader in science..

Robert Zubrin

Astronaut, Technology, Authors, Internet & Technology Industries Space, NASA, Science,

Robert Zubrin is President of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace R&D company located in Lakewood..

Chesley Sullenberger

"Miracle on the Hudson" Hero Pilot, Retired Air Force Fighter Pilot & Best-Selling Author

Sullenberger is a speaker on aviation safety and has helped develop new protocols for airline safety..

Co-Founder & President, Mars Academy USA

Dr Susan Jewell has been involved in the areas of astronautics..

Dr. Jay Apt holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a doctorate from MIT, both in physics.

Dr. Jay Apt holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a doctorate from MIT, both in physics.

Astronaut, Engineer, U.S. Army Aviator

Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut.

Product Manager at Airbnb & Founder of Street Code Academy

Theresa Johnson is a product manager for metrics and forecasting products at Airbnb.

Mary Ellen Weber

Former NASA Astronaut & Legislative Affairs Liaison at NASA; Founder of Stellar Strategies

Mary Ellen Weber is an American executive, scientist, aviator, speaker, and a former NASA astronaut..

Russian Cosmonaut

Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko is a Russian cosmonaut. Kornienko served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station..

Garrett Reisman

Astronaut, Professor of Astronautical Engineering at USC & Senior Advisor at SpaceX

Dr. Reisman performed 3 spacewalks, operated the Space Station Robot Arm and was a flight engineer..

Dimitar Sasselov works on uniting the physical and life sciences in the hunt for answers to the question of how life began.

Dimitar Sasselov is an astronomer who explores the interaction between light and matter.

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Former NASA Astronaut & Engineer; Contributor to the Assembly & Maintenance of the ISS; Chief Development Officer at Iris.Aero

Daniel Tani is the chief development officer at Iris.Aero.