Two-time Space Shuttle Astronaut
Speaker
Executive
World Record and Championship Skydiver
Jet Pilot
Dr. Mary Ellen Weber was a NASA Astronaut for ten years and is the veteran of two Space Shuttle flights. She is among the youngest Astronauts ever to venture into space, traveling 297 earth orbits and 7.8 million miles. In 2000, she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission 101, a pioneering and critical construction mission for the International Space Station. She also flew in 1995 on mission 70, launching a $200 million communications satellite. In addition to her experience in mission operations and development at NASA, she held key positions in building businesses from space research, in strategic communications, and in program oversight, and she received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal.
Dr. Weber is currently Vice President for government