Astronaut Keynote Speakers: Leadership, Exploration & Human Potential
Astronauts embody curiosity, courage, discipline, and resilience — qualities that inspire every audience. Astronaut speakers share breathtaking stories of space exploration while delivering powerful lessons on teamwork, risk management, innovation under pressure, and performing at the highest levels.
They offer unmatched perspectives from NASA missions, space shuttle flights, International Space Station expeditions, and cutting-edge work in science and engineering. Audiences learn about overcoming adversity, staying calm under extreme pressure, making decisions in high-stakes environments, and trusting your team when it matters most.
Whether your event focuses on leadership, STEM, innovation, mindset, or motivation, astronaut speakers create a memorable, once-in-a-lifetime experience that resonates long after the event.
Top Astronauts Keynote Speakers 
Anousheh Ansari
- CEO of X Prize Foundation
- First Female Private Space Explorer
Travels From
California
Leroy Chiao
- Astronaut & International Space Station Commander
- Co-Founder and President of Black Moon Corporation
- Member of the White House-Appointed Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee
Travels From
Texas
Drew Feustel, Ph.D.
- NASA Astronaut & Geophysicist
- Third among all U.S. spacewalkers for aggregate EVA time
- Commander on the International Space Station for Expedition 55 and 56
Travels From
Texas
Terry Fossum
- Amazing ‘rags to riches’ story: self-made millionaire, four-time author, military officer, movie and television actor, movie producer and winner of a prime-time survival reality show on Fox Network!
- Uses gripping stories and comedy to help your teams conquer their fears, excuses, and failures.
- Includes footage from his survival reality show, martial arts board breaking, and a video message from the International Space Station!
- Top-level Executive Coach on ‘Exceptional Performance’ and ‘Speaking to Inspire’
Travels From
Washington
Tom Marshburn, MD
- NASA Astronaut
- NASA Flight Surgeon
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Travels From
Texas
Mike Massimino
- Former NASA Astronaut
- Columbia University Engineering Professor
- New York Times bestselling author of Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe and Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
Travels From
New York
Mike Mullane
- Astronaut and Keynote Speaker
Travels From
New Mexico
Scott Parazynski
- Astronaut with Over 8 Weeks in Space
- Medical Doctor and Inventor
- Adventurer, Scientist and Writer
Travels From
Texas
Garrett Reisman
- A NASA Astronaut who flew on all three Space Shuttles and went on to become an Senior Advisor at Elon Musk’s SpaceX
- Professor of Astronautical Engineering at USC
Travels From
California
Steve Smith
- Senior Astronaut
- International Speaker
- Stanford MBA
- VC Advisor
- Veteran Diplomat
Travels From
California
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