Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D. is a retired NASA astronaut, engineer and educator, and Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering with Texas A&M College of Engineering. She flew five times on the Space Shuttle, and twice as an EVA astronaut. Her first-person experiences with Spacesuit design and operations have inspired her to explore and create the EVA suits of the future.

John C. Mather, Ph.D. is a Civil Servant and Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, as well as the Senior Project Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope. He was the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics, together with George F. Smoot, for their work using the COBE satellite to measure the heat radiation from the Big Bang.

Katherine Reilly is a senior communications expert and award winning scientific and medical illustrator with a diverse background in biology, molecular biology, strategic communications, outreach and education. She developed communications and partnerships for the external NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC), and is currently the Strategic Partnerships Manager to the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program within the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at NASA HQ. Email Kathy at katherine.reilly@nasa.gov.

Voula Saridakis, Ph.D. is a curator in the Museum of Science and Industry Collections department, the team responsible for the care of 35,000+ Museum artifacts. Dr. Saridakis is a historian of science and technology by training, with college-level teaching experience in subjects including history of science, women and gender in science, world civilizations, European history, and women’s history.

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