The Exploration of Space

A Website by Ellie Cohen, Parker Cooke, and Weiyi Huang


Loren Shriver is an astronaut who has been on three missions for NASA. He was an Air Force Colonel before being selected to become an astronaut. He was the pilot for the STS-51-C in 1985. In 1990, he commanded the crew that deployed the Hubble Telescope. His last space mission was in 1992 when he commanded the STE-46. He has won many medals and is in the astronaut hall of fame. He became the Deputy Director for Launch and Payload Processing at the Kennedy Space Center before retiring in 2011.

Felipe Von is an Aeronautical Engineering student at Oklahoma University.

Ryan Gavina is a pilot. He served in the United States Air Force before working at the National Guard part time, and being a full time pilot for American Airlines.