As the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 approaches, fellow George W.S. Abbey, former director of the Johnson Space Center, traces America's race to the moon — and describes what it took to be the first ones there.
Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D., is a nonresident fellow with the Baker Institute Space Policy Program, as well as a retired NASA astronaut, engineer and educator. She currently works with Texas A&M University as a Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Eminent …
Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., is a Rice Faculty Scholar in space policy at the Baker Institute and a former NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander. Chiao works in business, consulting, executive coaching and space education. He is co-founder and CEO …