Thomas D. Jones
Born and raised in Maryland, Tom Jones was a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. During his career, he has piloted B-52s, earned a doctorate in planetary science, and worked for the CIA. He entered the NASA astronaut ... [... more]
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David Baker
worked directly with NASA for 12 years before becoming a consultant to the aerospace and ancillary industries. He is the author of more than 60 books, and lives in England. Written by David Baker David Baker [... more]
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Dave Pelz / AUTHOR CATALOG
Renowned golf instructor Dave Pelz is the technical and short-game consultant to Magazine. A former NASA research scientist, he founded the Pelz Golf Institute to perform research for the good of the game, and he operates four highly acclaimed ... [... more]
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John Glenn
John Glenn has spent most of his life in public service, as a distinguished U.S. Senator and a veteran of twenty-three years in the Marine corps, during which time he was awarded numerous medals for his achievements, as well as the NASA ... [... more]
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Martha Ackmann
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America's first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the ... [... more]
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James Schefter
James Schefter covered NASA from 1963 to 1973, first for the Houston Chronicle and from 1965 for Time-Life. His work has appeared in magazines as diverse as Popular Science, Reader's Digest, and Paris Match. Schefter is the author ... [... more]
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Dave Pelz from HarperCollins Publishers
Dave Pelz was a physicist with NASA for many years. He had harbored hopes of becoming a touring pro, but twenty-three college contests against the young Jack Nicklaus (none of which Pelz won) decided him against it. For the past fifteen years ... [... more]
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Peter D. Ward
Dr. Peter D. Ward is a professor of biology and earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also serves as an astrobiologist with NASA. Ward is the author of more than a dozen books, including the highly acclaimed Rare ... [... more]
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