Leroy Chiao

Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D. is an entrepreneur, consultant and speaker. Chiao has extensive experience as a NASA Astronaut and prior to that, as a research engineer. He is involved in entrepreneurial business ventures and works in the U.S., China, Japan and Russia. He is an executive vice president and a director of Excalibur Almaz, a private manned spaceflight company. In addition, he is a director of InNexus, a biotechnology/pharmaceutical development company. Active as a consultant and public speaker, he also serves as the chairman of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute User Panel, which is attached to the Baylor College of Medicine. Chiao is a director of Challenger Center and of the Committee of 100. He is also an advisor and spokesman for the Heinlein Prize Trust.

Chiao left NASA in December, 2005 following a 15-year career with the agency. A veteran of four space missions, Chiao most recently served as commander and NASA science officer of Expedition 10 aboard the International Space Station. He has logged over 229 days in space—over 36 hours of which were spent in Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA, or spacewalks).

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