Leszek Orzechowski is an architect and creator of LunAres Research Station. Station is an analog habitat designed to study human health and psychology during simulated crewed planetary missions. Since 2017 a total number of 13 diverse teams conducted isolation missions inside the habitat. In his research, he focuses on space architecture and user-centered aspects of human spaceflight. Leszek is an enthusiastic science advocate with hundreds of lectures presented to the public and an award-winning designer. His company Space is More is focused on space architecture and engineering. The group created a number of scientific reports on the future manned Moon and Mars missions presented during many international competitions and conferences. Space is More was a part of a winning team in the ESA Moon Challenge for a report on returning to the Moon in the next decade and a finalist of NASA 3d-Printed Habitat Challenge phase 1 from 2015. The team won multiple architectural awards including AIAA Phobos Base Design Competition (2017), Marsception (2018) and Mars Colony Design Competition (2019).

Sahba El-Shawa is a Jordanian-Canadian space engineer originally from Palestine. She is the founder of the Jordan Space Research Initiative (JSRI), which aims to bridge sustainable development with space R&D and establish an analog research facility in Jordan. She is the co-lead of the Ethics and Human Rights group in the Space Generation Advisory Council and a national lead in the Participation of Emerging Space Countries program of the Moon Village Association. Sahba holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering, an MSc in Space Studies, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change. During her studies, she collaborated with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) on robotics research and worked with the European Space Agency’s Clean Space initiative which focused on assessing, mitigating, and remediating the environmental impacts of space activities on Earth and in space.

Richelle Gribble is an expeditionary artist exploring planetary connectivity, both on and off Earth. Her work explores connectivity in a world where human impact, technology, and the environment collide. She has had solo shows in Los Angeles, New York, Japan, and international orbit around Earth etched on satellites and aboard rockets. Work presented in TEDx talk “What is our role within a Networked Society?” and ongoing art residency project ‘The Nomadic Artist,’ where she travels the world to reflect social and environmental changes across the globe. She is an astronaut-in-training at the Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue (HI-SEA) simulation on Mars with the Sensoria program and leads artistic collaborations with space companies and organizations including: Planet Labs, Space Perspective, Biosphere 2, Relativity Space, Arch Mission Foundation, Kepler Space Institute, and more. Gribble’s art is featured in VICE, The Atlantic, The Creator’s Project, Artillery Magazine, Space.com and illuminated on a giant screen in Times Square.

Kai Staats, MSc is an entrepreneur, award winning filmmaker, and researcher in the space sciences. At Northwestern University Kai worked in machine learning applied to data analysis at LIGO, the gravitational wave observatory. At Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Kai developed SIMOC, an agent-based model with educational interface for a human habit on Mars, hosted by National Geographic since 2020. At the University of Arizona Biosphere 2, Kai's team is constructing a Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM), a hi-fidelity, hermetically sealed analog complete with greenhouse, living quarters, airlocks, use of pressure suits, and a half acre Mars yard. Kai attended the Mars Desert Research station with crew #134 in '14, attended the International Space University SSP '17, and in 2019 he completed construction of Tanzania's first research-grade astronomical observatory with Astronomers Without Borders.

Chelsea "Foxanne" Gohd is a senior writer at Space.com, where she writes articles and creates, scripts and hosts videos about science topics ranging from climate change to exoplanet exploration and human spaceflight. She is also an analog astronaut, completing an analog Mars mission, Sensoria M2, at HI-SEAS in 2020.

Prior to her work at Space.com, Chelsea worked as a freelance science writer, with bylines in publications including Scientific American, Astronomy Magazine and Discover Magazine.

Additionally, Chelsea wrote an installation for the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Meteorites which included extensive text for touchscreen exhibition placards and both design and text for interactive, in-exhibit games. She also worked as an exhibitions assistant at the AMNH, helping to shape and deliver public lectures the exhibitions "Spiders Alive!" and "The Secret World Inside You."

Chelsea is also a musician and writes, performs and records indie-pop music under the pseudonym Foxanne. As Foxanne, she released her debut full-length record in 2020, titled "It's real (I knew it)," named after an iconic scene from the hit sci-fi film "Galaxy Quest." The album features a number of space-y easter eggs, including audio from the OA-9 rocket launch, a 2018 cargo mission that launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, and a song written from the perspective of NASA's Opportunity rover.

Following this album in 2021, she released "Hello, Mars," a song featuring the first audio recorded on the surface of Mars, recently captured by NASA's Perseverance rover.

Elliot is the founder of Spira, a company that creates replacements for animal and petroleum compounds in the supply chain using genetically engineered algae. Spira has received awards from RebelBio, Lighthouse Labs, the World Food Programme, Halcyon Incubator, BeGreen, CommBeBiz, and NSF. He has presented at SXSW, Synbiobeta and Thought for Food. Elliot is a Kairos, Future Founders, and Halcyon Fellow as well as a Seasteading Ambassador. Before Spira, Elliot graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering; he trained at the Stanford d.School, studied synthetic biology for 12 years and worked for 5 years as a product consultant. He previously founded 7 failed startups and 2 successful nonprofits including an open community science lab and raised over $1,000,000 for various startups. He is incredibly motivated to solve physiological needs using simple biological design. In his spare time he plays music, and is working on side projects to make airships and health clinics on the ocean. He was a member of the HI-SEAS SELENE I crew and conducted 12 experiments during his 2-week tenure at the habitat.

Benjamin Pothier, PhD is a human factor expert for the human spaceflight committee of the international astronautical federation and an elected fellow international of the Explorers Club.

Dr Pothier was the designated Mission Commander of a Moon mission simulation that took place on Earth at LunAres habitat in Poland in a repurposed nuclear bunker with an international crew of 6 analogue astronauts in February 2021. He was previously a selected member of the 2018-2019 Euromoonmars campaign of the European Space Agency and ILEWG ( International Lunar Exploration Working Group) in order to help future missions to the Moon. Through his participation to expeditions on remote locations and analog astronaut trainings worldwide, Mr Pothier specializes in Life experiences in I.C.E [Isolated, Confined and Extreme] environments and their studies. In the framework of the ESA and ILEWG Euromoonmars campaign he participated From Feb 20th to March 6th 2019 as an analog astronaut to a Moon mission simulation in Hawaii, living near a Volcano with a group of five other analog astronauts in the isolated and confined HI-SEAS habitat previously used by NASA for Mars missions trainings . He has participated to expeditions from the driest desert on Earth to the Northernmost human settlement. (experiences include testing a NASA/RISD MS-1 astronaut suit on the Grimsvotn volcano in the middle of the icecap in Iceland, 18 days on a boat in the Arctic Ocean, more than a month stay at a research station in the Arctic Circle during the Polar Night, two high altitude experiences at 5500 meters (Nepalese Himalayas) and 5837 meters (Ojos Del Salado, World's highest Active Volcano, Chile, Atacama desert), location scouting in Lava tubes in Iceland with the European Space Agency, basic analog astronaut training with the Austrian Space Forum, basic arctic survival and safety training in Svalbard, and the participation to a two weeks Moon mission simulation as an analog astronaut at HI-SEAS habitat in Hawaii . )

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Dr. Proctor is a geoscientist, explorer, space artist, science communication specialist and SpaceX Inspiration4 mission pilot.

Her motto is called Space2inspire where she encourages people to use their unique, one-of-a-kind strengths, and passion to inspire those within their reach and beyond. She uses her AfronautSpace art to encourage conversations about women of color in the space industry. She’s an analog astronaut and has completed four analog missions including the all-female SENSORIA Mars 2020 mission at the Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Habitat, the NASA funded 4-months Mars mission at HI-SEAS, a 2-weeks Mars mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), and a 2-weeks Moon mission in the LunAres Habitat. She believes that when we solve for space, we also solve issues on Earth. She promotes sustainable food practices used in space exploration as a way to reduce food waste on Earth. She has a TEDx talk called Eat Like a Martian and published the Meals for Mars Cookbook. Dr. Proctor was a finalist for the 2009 NASA Astronaut Program and got down to the Yes/No phone call. She is an international speaker who enjoys engaging in educational outreach. She is a continuing NASA Solar System Ambassador and serves on the Explore Mars Board of Directors, JustSpace Alliance Advisory Board, the Science in the Wild Advisory Board, the SEDS USA Advisory Board, and the National Science Teaching Association’s Aerospace Advisory Board. In 2019, she was the science communication outreach officer on the JOIDES Resolution Expedition 383 and spent 2-months at sea with researchers investigating the Dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. She also participated in the 2-week faculty development seminar Exploring Urban Sustainability in India. She was a 2017 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher at Sea, a 2016 Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassador (ACEAP), and a 2014 PolarTREC Teacher investigating climate change in Barrow, Alaska. She is a Major in the Civil Air Patrol and serves as a member of the Arizona Wing Aerospace Education Officer. She was recently selected as an Explorer’s Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World.

Dr. Proctor spent 21 years as a professor teaching geology, sustainability, and planetary science at South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, Arizona. She is currently the Open Educations Resource Coordinator for the Maricopa Community College District. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science, an M.S. in Geology, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction: Science Education. She recently finished a sabbatical at Arizona State University’s Center for Education Through Exploration creating virtual field trips. She did her 2012-13 sabbatical at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute developing their science of disasters curriculum. She has appeared in multiple international science shows and is currently on A World Without NASA and Strange Evidence. You can follow her on social media @DrSianProctor or visit her website: www.drsianproctor.com.

Sara Sabry is a mechanical and biomedical engineer, and is the first female Egyptian Analog Astronaut. She is the founder and executive director of Deep Space Initiative, a non-profit company that aims to break borders by making Space research more accessible.

Some of her ongoing projects include: a review of technological advancements in Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, understanding the cardiovascular system in space using computational methods, neurofeedback experiences to increase human adaptation during long duration space missions, and plans to use simulated Martian conditions for testing of ECLSS with Mars University.

She is helping found the Space Ambassadorship Program for the Egyptian Space Agency and is the first EgSA Space Ambassador candidate. She is the team lead for the LCE Transportation on the Moon group within the Moon Village Association, a member of the SGAC Space Medicine and Life Sciences group, a PoliSpace external advisor, an independent researcher with Biofrequency Analytics, and a researcher and upcoming teaching associate at Mars University.

She plans to pursue her PhD in Bioastronautics and ECLSS, and hopes to work on designing a hybrid spacesuit, while potentially integrating the oxygen produced by MOXIE on Mars.

Prior to her work in the Space industry, Sara was a Yoga instructor and Crossfit coach. In 2016 she traveled around Africa volunteering in different schools and organizations, including a Women Empowerment Center in Uganda. She is extremely passionate about our oceans and spent 6 weeks in Madagascar as a marine conservationist.

Gal is a project management professional specializing in capacity building, risk reduction and implementation in complex conditions.

Gal has extensive experience of over 13 years implementing projects with governments, global corporations, UN agencies and NGOs, including disaster relief deployment, field application of technological solutions, health management, search and rescue and capacity building.

Today a freelance consultant working with humanitarian and rescue organizations worldwide, doing training and project implementation. Gal is also an entrepreneur in remote sensing and UAS solutions, a mountain guide and is a researcher in Mars analog missions.

Reut Sorek Abramovich, PhD, is an astrobiologist and analog astronaut at the Dead Sea and Arava Science Centre, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Topics of research: Extremophile adaptations and cross contamination challenges in future planetary exploration. Current head of science education at the Young Astronaut Academy Program (supported by Israel Space Agency), Co-founder and current chairperson of the Israeli Mars Society, former director of the NSW chapter in the Mars Society Australia (2009-2013). Participant in NASA’s Spaceward Bound Field Expedition in South Australia (2009). Graduate of the Microbial Diversity Course, at MBL Woods Hole (2013), MA, USA. Former Chief Scientist and Co-founder of D-MARS (Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station, 2017-2020), Israel. I’ve been an International Space University core lecturer for the Space Studies Program on Astrobiology. In 2021 I was invited to participate in the US department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). I am an avid hiker, diver, dancer and science fiction fan.

Tim is cofounder and CEO of Relativity Spce. Disrupting 60 years of manufacturing, Relativity is the first and only company to integrate machine learning, software, and robotics with 3D printing to design, print and fly rockets in days, with the long-term goal of building humanity’s multiplanetary future. By developing the world’s largest metal 3D printer, Relativity created the first-ever entirely 3D printed rocket, Terran 1, and the first fully reusable, entirely 3D printed rocket, Terran R. Terran 1 is the most presold rocket in history prior to launch. Prior to starting Relativity, Tim served as a Propulsion Development Engineer at Blue Origin. Tim is also the youngest member on the National Space Council Users Advisory Group by nearly two decades, directly advising the United States White House on all space policy.

Nicole is an astronaut, aquanaut, artist, mom, and now author of her first book Back to Earth What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It (Hachette Book Group, October, 2021). She creatively combines the awe and wonder of her spaceflight experience with her artwork to inspire everyone’s appreciation of our role as crewmates here on Spaceship Earth.

Nicole is a veteran NASA Astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days living and working in space as a crew member on both the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Personal highlights of her time in space were performing a spacewalk (10th woman to do so), flying the robotic arm to capture the first HTV, working with her international crew in support of the multi-disciplinary science onboard the orbiting laboratory, painting a watercolor (now on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum), and of course the life-changing view of our home planet out the window.

Nicole is also a NASA Aquanaut. In preparation for spaceflight, she was a crew member on an 18-day saturation dive mission at the Aquarius undersea laboratory.

Nicole believes that the international model of peaceful and successful cooperation we have experienced in the extreme environments of space and sea holds the key to the same kind of peaceful and successful cooperation for all of humanity here on Earth.

On her post-NASA mission, she is a co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation — uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art.

Rachna Nath is an internationally and nationally recognized innovator who is also an entrepreneur, NASA solar system Ambassador, National Geographic Educator, grant writer and a STEM enthusiast. She is also a coauthor in the UN SDG4 corporate handbook. She has two masters, first one in Entomology (Insect Science) and the second one in Biology (Developmental Genetics) from Arizona State University working with Honey Bee Exocrine gland ontology.

Her entrepreneurship ventures has led her to open up many companies with her students. One of the most prominent one is www.oxiblast.in which is a three generation women entrepreneurship run by her mother, herself and her daughter. Her 14 year old daughter and 12 year old son are both #1international best sellers and well recognized musicians as well.

She works with young entrepreneurs to make their dreams come true by working with the community partners and helping patent their ideas. Rachna has a network of trusted IT professionals, lawyers, community helpers who help bring dreams to reality for 9th to 12th grade students who are invested in critical thinking, problem solving and giving back to the community by solving real world problems. She has 3 patents pending from such students in various prototypes from Anti-VOC scent bags to Heat stress monitoring devices. Rachna also does a lot of volunteering work talking about honey bees at various festivals, has contributed her time in mask making during the COVID19 pandemic and also runs a dance school “Sangeeta Nritya Academy” in US which she has dedicated to her Guru Sangita Hazarika in Assam, India. She is a force to be reckoned with and she is not stopping anytime soon.

Mr. Mounir Alafrangy is the Commercial Innovation Manager & Technology Lead for the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. With a MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from The George Washington University, Mr. Alafrangy has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience spearheading several innovations from concept to prototype as well as providing project management in diverse fields including mechanical and systems engineering, and prototype development.

Mr. Alafrangy knows a bit about isolation and being quarantined. In October 2019, he successfully completed a 45-day confined space mission at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He was one of four crew members, known as analog astronauts, who were selected from a large pool of applicants to be part of the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) Mission XX. HERA is a ground-based analog used by NASA’s Human Research Program to study the effects of isolation and confinement on humans. The research being done there will help NASA better understand the hazards of human spaceflight as it prepares to send astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars and bring them safely home. During his analog mission to the Martian moon of Phobos, he participated in activities similar to those performed on the International Space Station such as simulated cargo transfers with the Canadarm, virtual EVAs, Lunar Landing Control, Spaceship Maintenance, and sample evaluation.

While completing his degree at GWU, Mr. Alafrangy’s research focused on creating mechanisms that will mitigate the physiological risks associated with long duration space travel and improve human health on deep space missions.

Charlotte Pouwels is a dutch physicist with a specialization in space radiation and plasma thrusters for CubeSats (Australia). She has a wide experience and background in research about future habitats on extra-terrestrial bodies and space exploration. Charlotte has a lot of passion, discipline, and motivation for space, humanity, and life on Earth itself. She is an advanced wreck diver and likes to boulder, travel, play chess and ride a motorcycle. In 2019 she became an analog astronaut for the ESA EuroMoonMars IMA ILWEG EMMIHS-II mission at HI-SEAS (Hawai'i, America). She worked among others for the project Food for Mars and Moon and the reactor institute in Delft (RID), focussing on the Martian radiation influences on plants that grow on Mars simulant soil. In 2019 she also became a STEM promoter and educator to inspire the next generation to go beyond their limits. In addition, she and a team from EuroMoonMars have launched the CHILL-ICE project "Construction of a Habitat Inside a Lunar-analogue Lava tube - ICeland EuroMoonMars". Where they focus on an emergency situation on the Moon, where astronauts need to set up a deployable habitat inside a Lava Tube within an 8 hour EVA. In 2020 she started working for Airbus Defence & Space in the Netherlands as a test engineer for the Newspace project Sparkwing. Developing off-the-shelf solar panels for smallsats, which reduces costs and delivery times drastically and opens up a window for the commercial space sector. Her role consisted of performing different mechanical and environmental testing alongside experts in the space sector. In 2021, she attended the Summer Space program 2021 and is currently pursuing an MSc in space sciences at the International Space University, while working as a researcher and Analog CHILL-ICE mission coordinator.

Meet Founder and CEO of Yummet, Brittany Zimmerman.

Join us to hear how this aspiring Aerospace Engineer came to invent technology and develop patents for NASA's International Space Station, the Artemis program for returning human's to the Moon, and the United States Department of Defense.

She was selected as the Youngest NASA Principal Investigator- leading three NASA programs in technology development for human survival in space. Later she helped land millions of dollars of investment for a billion dollar space organization.

Brittany then formed Yummet, an organization with over 100 leading experts from around the world united to change humanity for the better by implementing celestial approaches to terrestrial problems. Her and her team have developed game-changing systems to solve our largest problems on Earth: Climate Change and Access to Viable Drinking Water.

Patents in Selection for Integration on the ISS

Exceeding $85 Million in Awards

Promise Award Recipient from the Space and Satellites Professionals International

Entrepreneur of the Year

Principal Investigator for 3 NASA Programs

20 Under 35 Awardee

Future Space Leader Awardee

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Will Green is a Ph.D. student at the University of North Dakota. He is collaborating on research with NASA that is centered on applying breakthrough technologies to push the boundaries of what is possible with spacesuits. Will has taken part in analog missions at UND’s Inflatable Lunar/Martian Analog Habitat as a mission commander and an EVA ground control officer. Recently he helped develop Standard Operating Procedures for NASA’s new analog suits that will be used to prepare for humanity’s return to the moon.

Previous research experience includes Lunar and Martian dust mitigation strategies, robotic testing of spacesuit joints, high-performance textile research for spacesuits and military applications, and inventing an exoskeleton for the Army Research Laboratory.

Frank White has authored or coauthored numerous books on topics ranging from space exploration to climate change to artificial intelligence. His best-known work, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, is considered by many to be a seminal work in the field of space exploration. A film called "Overview," based largely on his work, has had nearly 8 million plays on Vimeo.

Since the first edition of his book on the subject was published in 1987, "the Overview Effect" has become a standard term for describing the spaceflight experience. The fourth edition of The Overview Effect, including original interviews with 31 astronauts, is scheduled for publication in 2019.

White considers himself to be a "space philosopher," and has long advocated developing a new philosophy of space exploration. His book on this topic, The Cosma Hypothesis: Implications of the Overview Effect, has just been published. In it, he asks the fundamental question, "What is the purpose of human space exploration? Why has the evolutionary process brought humanity to the brink of becoming a spacefaring species?"

In the book, he shares the idea of "the Human Space Program" as a "central project" that will engage all of us in the process of becoming "Citizens of the Universe."

Frank and his wife Donna live outside Boston, Massachusetts.

Karin Brünnemann has degrees in Psychology and Business Information Systems. She also studied Intercultural Business Communications and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Management. She has 30 years of experience working in, and managing, international projects in different industries and has been focusing on the space sector for the past years. She earned her Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification in 2010.

Karin is a consultant and project manager at several space companies and research organisations with a special interest in psychological and intercultural issues in future Mars exploration. She is also a Flight Planner for the Austrian Space Forum’s AMADEE-20 analog Mars mission, responsible for five experiments. Karin is also a lecturer and guest lecturer at various universities worldwide for topics relating to psychology, project management, and intercultural competence.

Karin has lived in 9 and worked in 26 countries and has been calling Slovakia her home since 2008. In her current research, she combines her background in psychology and intercultural management with her practical experience in space companies and her participation in analog Mars missions.

Dr. Miroslav Rozloznik is an environmental physiologist and teacher of hyperbaric medicine and diving physiology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czechia with more than 20 years of experience in doing research underwater and on divers. Dr. Rozloznik organized and participated in several diving research expeditions including the UnderThePole II expedition, a deep-diving expedition above the polar circle in Greenland. Dr. Miroslav Rozloznik was awarded two Maria-Curie fellowships, in the most recent one as an experienced researcher within the PHYPODE project focused on the physiopathology of decompression. Dr. Miroslav Rozloznik focuses on his research mainly on the effect of cold and deep diving on a diver´s cognitive functions. Recently, he has been involved in space analog mission research. In June 2021, Dr. Rozloznik joined the Hydronaut Project as a crew member - aquanaut and underwater scientist during Mission 2, a 5 days mission with 2 days spent in saturation in the underwater research habitat. Besides that, he is a flight planner for the Austrian Space Forum’s AMDEE-20 analog Mars mission and participated in several analog missions organized by habitat Marte. Miroslav is also a SCUBA diving instructor with many specializations including research diving and mixed gas diving. Dr. Rozloznik is DAN Europe area director for Slovakia and DAN Instructor for aquatic emergencies. Miroslav is currently preparing for another underwater analog mission and is undergoing training to become a Diving Safety Officer.

Mac Malkawi is a Jordanian American Business Man! Learner! Space nut! Philanthropist! Explorer! And Science Fiction Fan! Founder and President of Borderless Labs Inc on a mission to create online educational STEAM content for underserved communities in multiple languages world wide while bringing access to Space through inspiration by building science clubs, maker spaces and space camps for underserved communities.

Ms. Marufa Bhuiyan is the Founder and CEO of Everest Innovation Lab LLC a space research organization based in Hawaii. She is a Systems Engineer, Crew Astronomer and a licensed Ham Radio Technician (callsign: WH6GNE). She enjoys playing music, reading poetry and science, and is uniquely passionate about astronomy both in real-time and imaginary time.

Ms. Marufa has more than 15 years of experience in stakeholder consultations, literature reviews and technical research activities. She holds MS and BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, later studied another MS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Currently, she serves as a Board Member-At-Large for Hawaiian Astronomical Society, Judge for Hawaii Academy of Science and GISN member for NASA GLOBE Program (2017 - until now). She received numerous scholarships e.g. NASA GLOBE Judge (2017- ), SENCER Hawaii Fellow, APLP Fellow, received gold medal from SBA etc.

She has completed several Analog Astronaut Trainings such as, Mars Medic Mission 2020 at the Mars Desert Research Station (Crew# 220), Aeronauts Crew Astronomer in 2021 Crew #228, VALORIA II Mission (2021) at HI-SEAS facility on the Mauna Loa volcano of Hawaii. For more information, please visit: https://www.everestinnovationlab.com/team/marufa-bhuiyan/

Dr. Aidyl Gonzalez-Serricchio is an International Institute for Astronautical Science (IIAS) researcher, scientist-astronaut candidate with Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM), an analog-astronaut, a PoSSUM13 ambassador, an educator and curriculum innovator in California, an environmental and social justice warrior and speaker for multiculturalism in STEAM education and STEAM careers.

Dr. Gonzalez has over 15 years of experience, training, and leading k-12 educators and fellow scientists to design, promote and facilitate Justice, Equitable, Diversity, Inclusive (JEDI)-related initiatives within STEAM workspaces. She also collaborates with fellow JEDI directors through the NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC) and Southern California networks in developing professional development to best support our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and marginalized genders.

Dr. Gonzalez co-created and mentor's an internationally student-driven STEAM-based magazine, MIND. She is also launching an environmental social justice-focused citizen-scientist project with a member of MIT's Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics, researching the biotic and abiotic factors in the soil.

Dr. Gonzalez co-founded and co-directed a non-profit organization called the GoLD Initiative (Gift over Learning Differences Initiative). The foundation's mission was to provide an extensive, holistic educational experience to school-age students by delivering STEAM education's most entertaining, engaging, fast-moving, and creative aspects through project-based learning for solving real-world science and engineering problems.

In 2017, Aidyl Gonzalez won Science Teacher of the Year at the California Science Fair and an award from Latino Thought Makers: Women Who Rule. In 2017, she was interviewed by award-winning comedian and television writer Rick Najera for his podcast show Latino Thought Makers. In October of 2018, she was featured on Ventura Blvd's online magazine: Women We Love. In 2018, Aidyl Gonzalez presented at the Research Teachers Conference sponsored by Regeneron in Washington D.C. titled, "STEAM Funding for the iGen's New Science Curriculum: Applied Science Research." In 2019 at the Research Teachers Conference, Aidyl Gonzalez was selected as a Research Teacher Captain to oversee and a resource to a cohort of seven teachers and a present on scientific research in secondary education. In 2020, she was recognized by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Los Angeles Educator for Aspirations in Computing. In December of 2020, Dr. Gonzalez spoke at a National level at PoCC titled," "How to end inequity in STEM education."

Dr. Gonzalez's philosophy is STEAM beyond the classroom. To save our planet, with social justice and multiculturalism at the forefront.

For two decades, John Adams has helped drive the evolution of Biosphere 2 through positions of progressive responsibility and oversight. Starting in 1995, after receiving his BS in Wildlife and Fishery Science at the University of Arizona and working on various biology research initiatives in Southern Arizona, Adams became Senior Research Specialist at Biosphere 2, leading the terrestrial research initiatives exploring the effect of elevated CO2 on the complex mesocosms of Biosphere 2. Building on his deep knowledge of the facility and its science, Adams became Biosphere 2’s Media Coordinator and Public Spokesperson at Columbia University in 1999, fielding B2 inquiries from around the world, building public understanding of the University’s groundbreaking earth systems science research and developing its K-12 education programs.

In 2014, Adams advanced to his current leadership role of Biosphere 2 Deputy Director. In part, the promotion marked a return to his roots, engaging as a key member of the team that plans and directs all research and related activities inside Biosphere 2 and the surrounding campus. Beyond research, however, as Deputy Director Adams also holds responsibility for planning and direction of site operations and Under the Glass activities, serving as B2’s primary spokesperson and media contact, overseeing biome management, energy management and facilities maintenance and setting the vision for public outreach.

Trent Tresch works in bridging the gap between traditional aerospace and new-space innovation. Starting his career in aeronautics with ASET Dive into Space, he developed underwater Neutral Buoyancy education programs. While working on more in depth commercial astronautics trainings he began to build the next generation of accessible pressure suits and life support systems with Smith Aerospace Garments. These endeavors further led him to high altitude manned balloon flight tests and oversight of pressure suit operations. He has since co-authored and published in Purdue’s peer review journal, Human Performance in Extreme Environments and presented on numerous occasions regarding low cost life support systems for exploration and training. He currently resides at Biosphere 2 where he is co-developing the worlds highest fidelity hermetically sealed research habitat, SAM (Space Analog for the Moon and Mars), at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2. Trent has been a board member of the Caelus Foundation since the beginning of 2020.

Jane’s expertise, knowledge and passion are at the core of her drive to have as many people as possible experience and understand our planet from the perspective of space. Almost universally, astronauts recount the profound impact of seeing the earth in space. That experience is at once extremely personal, inviting a vision of a global view of humanity and life on earth. In 2014, Google executive Alan Eustace chose Paragon to realize his dream of breaking the world free fall record, a dream that became the successful StratEx project.

Captured in the documentary film 14 minutes from Earth, Jane witnessed first-hand Alan’s eye-opening adventure and the transformational quality of experiencing the Earth from a new and fresh vantage point.

After StratEx and Paragon, Jane founded World View Enterprises Inc. to develop and commercialize stratollite technology, a long duration stratospheric balloon remote sensing and communications platform that navigates the stratosphere. While Jane served as CEO, Taber perfected the balloon navigation and control technology. This break-through led Jane and Taber to be dubbed ‘Masters of the stratosphere,’ by Bloomberg Business Week.

Jane’s visionary leadership in the space sector is deep-seated. In addition to her founding roles at various companies, she is a current fellow of the Explorer’s Club. Her Ted talk on global sustainability has been viewed over one million times. Jane’s book, The Human Experiment: Two years and twenty minutes inside Biosphere 2, chronicles her time in Biosphere 2. Her second book, Champions For Change: Athletes Making a World of Difference, was written with the support from the United Nations.

As Co-CEO and Chief Experience Officer of Space Perspective, Jane is charged with ensuring all Space Explorers who fly with Space Perspective on Spaceship Neptune experience the most meaningful and memorable journey possible, igniting and inspiring curiosity leading to a global space perspective.

Christopher Cokinos is the author or co-editor of several critically acclaimed books, including The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars (Tarcher/Penguin, 2009), for which he participated in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites with an N.S.F. Visiting Antarctic Artists and Writers Fellowship. Most recently, with Julie Swarstad Johnson, he's co-editor of Beyond Earth's Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight (Arizona). His poems and prose have appeared widely, in such venues as Scientific American, The American Scholar, the Los Angeles Times and Astronomy.com. An award-winning professor of English at the University of Arizona, he teaches nonfiction writing, science communication and the history of science fiction. He is at work on a multi-subject, sweeping, lyrical book on the Moon.

Christopher has been an analog astronaut at MDRS in Utah and is active with the Moon Village Association and serves on NASA's coordinating committee for International Observe the Moon Night.

Mr. Anderson co-founded Paragon in 1993. Now President/CEO, he has held diverse positions at

Paragon including Chief Engineer, VP of Engineering, Treasurer/Secretary, CFO, Sr. VP of Operations, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Manufacturing.

Mr. Anderson has led the systems and conceptual design of multiple human spacecraft and the design of the International Space Station Solar Arrays. He has been on multiple non-profit boards including schools, charity organizations and the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor and Master of Science from Stanford University and is a registered Professional Engineer. He is married with 3 children.

Anastasia Stepanova – PhD student in Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, crew member of the international space projects "Mars-160" and "SIRIUS-19", the first female test subject in the experiment "Dry Immersion", engineer and space journalist.

Barbara Belvisi is an entrepreneur passionate about space, biology, and AI. She started her career in finance at 22 investing in tech companies worldwide and launched several global initiatives to foster scientific innovation and entrepreneurship. Youngest woman founder of a venture capital fund at 26, she is in the top 10 women in Tech in France and Forbes Top 100 in Europe in 2018. Self-taught in engineering and architecture, she spent a year with NASA engineers before launching Interstellar Lab to develop food production and habitation modules for sustainable living on Earth and space.

Jaden J. A. Hastings is an expeditionary scientist specializing in the study of humans under isolated confined and extreme (ICE) conditions. Following her first analog mission in 2018, she founded the SENSORIA Program to open up broader research opportunities and training within the analog community. She led the development of the new Standard Omics Methods for Astronauts since early 2021, which is now operated in collaboration with TRISH/NASA, and serves as a voting member of the F47 Commercial Spaceflight Committee for ASTM.

Dr. Hastings completed her doctoral research at the University of Melbourne, with additional graduate degrees from Harvard University (Biology), Oxford University (Bioinformatics), and Central Saint Martins (Fine Art). She is also an internationally-exhibited artist and notable hacker.

Dr. Ryan Kobrick is a Principal Investigator (PI) and Aerospace Engineer at Paragon Space Development Corporation. Dr. Kobrick led the 2021 NASA SBIR Phase I active/passive lunar dust mitigation technology named MOVE: Modal Optimized Vibration dust Eliminator. He was the Integrated Product Team Lead for the Dynetics Human Landing System ECLSS Atmospheric Monitoring Subsystem and Fire Suppression Subsystem. Ryan supports the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) for the NASA Gateway Program, assisting with dust mitigation.

Dr. Kobrick holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering (Queen’s University), Master of Space Studies (International Space University), Master ofScience in Aerospace Engineering (Pennsylvania State University), and Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering Sciences (Bioastronautics, University of Colorado at Boulder). Ryan’s research portfolio includes: human performance; lunar dust abrasion and mitigation; exploration safety; assessing the reach / work envelopes for spaceflight IVA using pressure suits and motion capture; surface exploration EVA metrics and spacesuit technologies using analogue research locations; and global engagement curriculum development.

His career steps have included: Postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Project Manager at Space Florida; Assistant Professor of Spaceflight Operations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and PI of the Spacesuit Utilization of Innovative Technology Laboratory S.U.I.T. Lab; and participation as a crew member of simulated Mars missions six times including a 100-operational-day simulation on Devon Island. Dr. Kobrick is active in the global space community contributing to committees in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the International Astronautical Federation, and the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium.

MaryLiz is a creative storyteller, speaker, musician, filmmaker, explorer, analog astronaut, and technologist. She’s on a mission to inspire hope, elevate empathy, and unite through experiences of awe and wonder.

As Co-founder and Creative Director of Cosmic Perspective, MaryLiz has been documenting this new era of space exploration with her partner, Ryan Chylinski, through their films, VR experiences, and multimedia shows. They are driven and reverent for this work: To inspire hope and excitement for the future, unify the world through awe and wonder, and to archive for history what it is like to live in this time as humanity takes its first steps towards immortality into the stars.

As a musician and technologist, MaryLiz is deeply inspired to answer the question, “How will we take our humanity with us to the stars?” She is researching and experimenting with new tools of creation that aim to answer that question. In the last decade, she's produced albums and toured the U.S. several times over, feeding her passion for multimedia stage production as a powerful form of transformative storytelling.

MaryLiz is currently touring the world with her live performance show designed to “bring the Overview Effect down to Earth”. The show, Our Humanity in the Stars, is an awe-inspiring multimedia presentation that lifts audiences to space to gift them the astronaut’s perspective of our fragile oasis, and inspires them to consider how we will take our humanity with us into the stars.