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James E. Hansen

Adjunct Professor Directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Former Director at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

James Hansen, formerly Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies..

Jasmin Moghbeli | PDA Speakers

US Marine Corps Test Pilot & First-Ever Iranian-American Astronaut

Marine Corps Major Jasmin Moghbeli is the first-ever Iranian-American astronaut.

Nick Hague | PDA Speakers

NASA Astronaut; Colonel, U.S. Air Force; American Flight Test Engineer

Nick Hague is an American flight test engineer and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.

James McManus is a novelist and free-lance journalist who writes with a scholarly insight and an edgy style.

His stories have been featured in Harper's, the New York Times, the New Yorker, on NPR's "This American Life..

Elizabeth McCormick | PDA Speakers

Former Black Hawk Pilot Motivational Leadership & Sales Success Speaker

Elizabeth flew missions such as Air Assault/Rappelling, Command & Control, VIP, and Military intelligence..

Chief of Mission Assurance, Blue Origin; Former Astronaut, NASA

Jeff Ashby is the chief of mission assurance at Blue Origin, a Seattle-based commercial space flight company..

Anne McClain | PDA Spekers

Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army & NASA Astronaut

Anne C. McClain was selected by NASA in 2013. The Spokane, Washington native earned a Bachelor of Science..

Bernard Harris

Former NASA Astronaut; President & CEO of Vesalius Ventures; First African-American to Perform a Spacewalk

Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D. is an accomplished NASA astronaut, physician and businessman..

Wally Funk | PDA Speakers

Oldest person to fly to space at 82 years old

Wally Funk has been a trailblazer for women in aviation and spaceflight since 1960.

Beth Moses | PDA Speakers

Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer & Chief Astronaut Instructor at Virgin Galactic

Beth Moses is an aerospace engineer at Virgin Galactic, where she serves as the Chief Astronaut..

NASA Astronaut & Aerospace Engineer

Jeanette J. Epps was born in Syracuse, New York. She graduated from Thomas J. Corcoran High School, Syracuse, New York in 1988..

Karen L. Nyberg | PDA Speakers

Mechanical Engineer & NASA Astronaut; 50th Woman in Space

Karen L. Nyberg is a NASA astronaut and mechanical engineer..

Astronaut Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Naoko Yamazaki is an engineer, former Japanese astronaut at JAXA, and the second Japanese woman to fly in space.

John M. Grunsfeld | PDA Speakers

Physicist & Former NASA Astronaut

Dr. John M. Grunsfeld was named associate administrator for the Science..

Patrick Baudry | PDA Speakers

Retired French Astronaut and Pilot; Rode on NASA Discovery

Patrick Baudry is a French astronaut. Baudry is also a former lieutenant colonel in the French Air Force..

Kristen Facciol

Operations Engineer & NASA Flight Controller; Supports Robotics Operations on the International Space Station

Kristen Facciol is a Robotics Flight Controller for the Canadian Space Agency..

NASA Astronaut; Formerly Held the Records for Total Spacewalks & Most Spacewalk Time by a Woman

Sunita Williams is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent..

Joseph Acaba | PDA Speakers

NASA Astronaut; First Person of Puerto Rican Heritage Named as a NASA Astronaut Candidate

Joe Acaba is an educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican.

stanley love

NASA Astronaut & Planetary Scientist

Stanley Love is a planetary scientist and NASA astronaut with 25 years of experience..

Brian Greene | PDA Speakers

Quantum Gravity & String Theory Physicist, Founder of World Science U, Best-Selling Author

Greene became the first physicist to edit the prestigious series, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006..

Rhea Seddon

NASA Astronaut & Veteran of Three Space Shuttle Flights; Former Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group

Former astronaut, Rhea Seddon, M.D., is a national speaker, award-winning author, and veteran of three space shuttle flights..

Acclaimed adventure writer and explorer Tim Severin has made a career of retracing the storied journeys of mythical and historical figures.

He has sailed a leather boat across the Atlantic in the wake of the Irish monk Saint Brendan, captained an Arab sailing ship..

Jessica Meir

NASA Astronaut, Marine Biologist & Physiologist; One of the First Women to Participate in An All-Female Spacewalk

Jessica Meir is a NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist. Along with NASA astronaut Christina Koch..

Management Consultant & Author; Former Manager of the Mars Exploration Program

With more than forty years of experience in the engineering of aerospace and civil systems; instruction..

June Scobee Rodgers

Author, Speaker, Educator; Widow of Challenger Space Shuttle Commander Dick Scobee

June Scobee Rodgers remembers every one of the 73 seconds leading up to the Challenger accident..

Professor or Human Development at Cornell University, Author

The concept of successful intelligence contrasts with the more narrow academic intelligence measured by IQ tests and other standardized examinations..

Pamela Melroy

Retired Air Force Officer & Former NASA Astronaut

Pam Melroy is a retired Air Force test pilot and former NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle commander..

Michael Lopez-Alegria

Former Astronaut & Navy Test Pilot

Michael López-Alegría was born in Madrid, Spain and immigrated as a young boy with his family to the United States..

High performance Speaker; he flew as a Demonstration Pilot on the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.

Matt Modleski knows what high performance is; he flew as a Demonstration Pilot on the United States Air Force Thunderbirds..

Steve “Oz” Oswald

Astronaut, Military/Civilian Test Pilot, Senior Executive, and Speaker

Oswald is a 1973 graduate of the US Naval Academy, where he studied aerospace engineering and played varsity football..

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.

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 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..

Nicole Stott

Former NASA Astronaut & Engineer

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