Kellie Gerardi is an aerospace and technology professional, a bioastronautics researcher, and payload specialist. She leads Mission Operations for Palantir Technologies, serves on the Defense Council for the Truman National Security Project, and served on the board of directors for The Explorers Club, whose esteemed flag she carried during a crew rotation at the Mars Desert Research Station. With nearly a million followers across her social platforms, Kellie is a popular science communicator and the author of Not Necessarily Rocket Science and acclaimed children's picture book series Luna Muna, which was read from the International Space Station by Commander Peggy Whitson as part of the crew's STEM outreach in 2023. Caption courtesy of Virgin Galactic.