speaker
Michael Lopez-Alegria
Michael Lopez-Alegria has over three decades of aviation and space experience with the U.S. Navy and NASA in a variety of roles including Naval Aviator, engineering test pilot and program manager, astronaut and International Space Station commander, and President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. He is a four-time astronaut, having flown on Space Shuttle missions STS-73, STS-92, and STS-113, and serving as Commander of ISS Expedition 14 (flying to and from the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-9). He holds three NASA records: longest spaceflight (215 days); most Extravehicular Activities (EVA) or “space walks” (10) and cumulative EVA time (67 hours 40 minutes). Lopez-Alegria is currently an independent consultant to commercial space companies and serves on several advisory boards and committees to public and private organizations.