Memoir
United States Air Force Colonel (ret.) Terry Virts is a veteran of two spaceflights, a two-week mission onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010, and a 200-day flight in the Space Station in 2014/2015. His seven months in space included three spacewalks, piloting the Space Shuttle, performing scientific experiments, and working closely with multiple international partners, including Russian Space Agency cosmonauts during some of the most stressful U.S.-Russian relations since the cold war. While in space, Virts captured more than 300,000 still images, more than on any other space mission. He also performed an integral role by filming and appearing in the IMAX film “A Beautiful Planet,” narrated by Jennifer Lawrence.
Virts’ book, “View From Above,” is a National Geographic work that combines some of his best photographs from space with stories that share the experience of spaceflight, perspectives on life on earth and our place in the cosmos. His desire is to have a global impact on people, through television, writing and speaking. His speaking topics include risk and crisis management, the importance of strategy and vision, innovation, and intercultural leadership. Virts speaks French and Russian and has lived and worked extensively abroad, bringing a unique and powerful perspective on today’s global environment.
Virts’ education at the U.S. Air Force Academy as an applied mathematics major and French minor, as well as at Embry Riddle and Harvard Business School, gives him a broad background.
His recent projects include writing, co-hosting National Geographic’s coverage of the 2017 eclipse, using his drone and cinematography skills to film great white sharks off the coast of Mexico, visiting and filming Antarctica and the South Pole, promoting public policy, and speaking extensively throughout Asia and Europe. He routinely provides advice and mentorship to companies in multiple industries through various board roles. He is currently working on a television project as well as his next book.
Virts recently directed the record-breaking “One More Orbit” world circumnavigation flight and documentary. “One More Orbit” achieved the Guinness World Records title for the fastest aerial circumnavigation of the Earth in a time of 46 hours and 40 minutes.
An Astronaut’s Life on the International Space Station
Be inspired by former NASA astronaut and Space Station Commander Terry Virts! Colonel Virts has affected audiences across the globe with his wit, fascinating stories, breathtaking images, and wisdom about life on earth through the storytelling of his experiences of launch, flight, spacewalks, landing, and the surprising perspectives he gained about Earth’s environment and global wealth patterns from his time in Space on the ISS.
A book-signing will follow the lecture.
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Course # WNW3 — One Time Event
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Wednesday, March 4 2020 |
Time: | 7 - 8:30 PM |
Fee: | $35 / member; $45 / non-member |
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