As an astronaut and the fourth person to walk on the moon, Alan Bean is dedicated to inspiring people to be the best they can be, so their family can be the best it can be, and their company can be the best it can be. Captain Bean is the author of several books, including Apollo : An Eyewitness Account... read full bio

Mike Mullane was selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of Space Shuttle Astronauts. He completed three space missions and logged 356 hours in space aboard the Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis before retiring from NASA and the Air Force in 1990.Since his retirement from NASA, Colonel Mike Mullane has written an award-winning children's book, Liftoff! An... read full bio

Chuck Yeager is a retired major general in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. He was the first pilot to travel faster than sound. Originally retiring as a brigadier general, Yeager was promoted to major general on the Air Force's retired list 20 years later for his military achievements. His career began in World War II as... read full bio

Dr. Roberta Bondar, after many years of training, became Canada's first female astronaut when she flew on the space shuttle Discovery in January 1992. She currently conducts research into blood flow in the brain during microgravity and various pathological states. Dr. Bondar is keenly interested in physical fitness and in educating students about environmental issues. She has received many honours,... read full bio

For 21 years, Ed Gibson held the American record of 84 days in space. During his mission on Skylab, America's first space station, he also worked outside for over 15 hours during three different space walks. In his 14-year NASA career, Ed supported the Apollo 12 crew and was their communicator while they explored the moon. He earned Air Force... read full bio

Frank Borman is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. He was also the chief executive officer (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975... read full bio

Captain Gene Cernan was the second American to walk in space and the last man to have left his footprints on the moon. He was a member of NASA's senior management team for mission planning and served as the senior U.S. negotiator for the first joint U.S./U.S.S.R. space flight - the Apollo/Soyuz Project. Cernan is also a seasoned businessman. He... read full bio

Scott Carpenter, a dynamic pioneer of modern exploration, has the unique distinction of being the first human ever to penetrate both inner and outer space, thereby acquiring the dual title, Astronaut/Aquanaut. ... read full bio

There are few people on earth who can claim to approach or even imagine the astronomical wonder of Leroy Chiao's journey through life. The wide-eyed child of Chinese immigrants, Leroy was inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing to launch his own journey to the stars. Chiao flew four missions into space, including three shuttle missions, walked in space six... read full bio

General Stafford was selected among the second group of astronauts in September 1962 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to participate in projects Gemini and Apollo. In December 1965 he was the pilot of Gemini VI, which was the first rendezvous in space, and helped in the development techniques to prove the basic theory and practicality of space rendezvous.... read full bio

It was a lifelong dream for Sid to become an astronaut and it became a reality in June of 1985. As an astronaut Sid became the first Hispanic to both pilot and command the Space Shuttle on STS-40 and STS-59. As pilot on STS-40 the Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission, he helped perform experiments, which explored how humans, animals and... read full bio

Story Musgrave is an American surgeon and a retired NASA astronaut. He is currently a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.... read full bio