About
About
About Colonel Terry Virts
Col. Terry Virts (ret) served as a U.S. Air Force test fighter pilot, is a NASA veteran of two spaceflights and a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Harvard Business School.
He recently directed his first film, One More Orbit. His next book, The Art of Space Travel, is due out in the fall of 2020. He is currently involved in several film and television projects, serves on corporate boards, consults to the entertainment industry,
writes and promotes public policy.
He is a celebrated thought leader, speaker and author whose seven months in space included: piloting the Space Shuttle; commanding the International Space Station; three spacewalks; and performing scientific experiments, while working closely with multiple international partners. Virts worked with Russian Space Agency cosmonauts during some of the most stressful
U.S.-Russian relations since the Cold War.
While in space he took more than 300,000 photos – more than on any other space mission. The images are an integral component of the National Geographic IMAX film A Beautiful Planet, which Virts also shot and stars in. His first book for National Geographic, View From Above, combines his best photography with stories about spaceflight alongside his
perspectives about life on earth and our place in the cosmos.
An in-demand speaker at events across the globe, Virts’ inspires audiences with stories from space as well as his insights into life on earth. He brings his unique perspective to businesses worldwide on diverse topics such as our environment, global wealth, intercultural leadership, crisis and risk management, innovation, strategy and vision and decision making.
-Terry Virts talks Omega X-33 on A Blog to Watch
-THROOMERS - Stuck On Earth with Colonel Terry Virts
-EXCLUSIVE: 10 things I learned from being stranded in space
-TIME Space: A Self-Quarantining guide from astronauts
- A Speedmaster event in the presence of astronaut Terry Virts
- Speedmasters Galore As Speedy Tuesday Takes NYC
- ASTRONAUT TERRY VIRTS TALKS FLAT EARTHERS, GALACTIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND HOLLYWOOD'S BEST SPACE MOVIE with Nicolas Stecher, Maxim
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Harding and Virts Break World Circumnavigation Speed Record. One More Orbit flight crew is successful in its Pole to Pole World Circumnavigation Speed Record marking 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing and 500th anniversary of first ever global circumnavigation
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hamish Harding and Col. Terry Virts to Attempt World Circumnavigation Speed Record on Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER Aircraft
- Around the world in 48 hours? Former astronaut to attempt global speed record
- Talking Climate Change with Scott Amyx
- Jackie Robinson 'space' jersey lands at NLBM
- The Hill. The case for a Space Forceop-ed
- The Washington Post. I was an astronaut. We need a Space Force.
- Arstechnica. Op-ed: The Deep Space Gateway would shackle human exploration, not enable it.
- NBC Mach. Surreal' Phone Call Helped Make This Test Pilot an Astronaut.
- NBC Mach. Ex-Astronaut Offers Bold Three-Step Plan to Put Humans on Mars
-Terry Virts talking space and his new book 'How to Astronaut' on BBC World News
-Omega X-33 with A Blog to Watch
-TIME Space X Launch
-Astrophotographer and Artrepeneur
- Colonel Terry Virts Deep Dive Interview. Courtesy Fox News
- Frank Buckley Interviews: Col. Terry Virts, Astronaut
- CBS Evening News
- FOX Business
- CNBC. ISS Commander: Bezos will have a bigger impact on space than Branson or Musk
- Yidan Prize. W/Peter Lewis
- FOX Business. Who should run Trump’s Space Force?
- BBC World News.
- The Weather Channel.
- TRT World. Space Odyssey: The next intergalactic battleground?
- CGTN. Live: Interview with NASA astronaut Terry Virts NASA
- Watch the Total Solar Eclipse | National Geographic
- FOX31 Denver.
- London Real. Terry Virts - A Beautiful Planet - PART 1/2 | London Real
- London Real. THE OVERVIEW EFFECT - Terry Virts
- CBS Baltimore. Coffee with: Terry Virts
- CNBC. Astronaut snaps out-of-this-world views of Earth.
- Smithsonian. Meet Astronauts Terry Virts & Samantha Cristoferetti
- Space.com. Shuttle 'Business Trip' vs 'Moving' To Station - Astronaut Terry Virts Interview
- USAF. Exclusive interview: NASA Astronaut, Air Force Col. Terry Virts
- NASA. Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with the News Media
- HBS. An Inspiring Leadership Q&A with NASA's Terry Virts, presented by HBS Executive Education
- Discussing the commercial space industry on Family Office Connections
- Frank Buckley Interviews: Colonel Terry Virts, Astronaut
- Talking Climate Change with Scott Amyx
- -Interview @Conway Show
- RTHK. Money Talk
- 3AW in studio with Denis Walter
- WGN Radio.
- Elliot in the morning.
- Metaxas show.
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Harding and Virts Break World Circumnavigation Speed Record. One More Orbit flight crew is successful in its Pole to Pole World Circumnavigation Speed Record marking 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing and 500th anniversary of first ever global circumnavigation
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hamish Harding and Col. Terry Virts to Attempt World Circumnavigation Speed Record on Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER Aircraft
- FOX NewsNASA astronaut describes 'profound potential' of breakthrough space experiments
- Space News. Former astronaut criticizes lunar gateway plans
- Time. Exclusive: Astronaut Terry Virts on the Power of Space Photography
- Time. NASA Could Have People Living on the Moon in 8 Years. And That's Just the Beginning
- Arstechnica.NASA says it’s building a gateway to the Moon—critics say it’s just a gate
- Space News. A space corps in the U.S. military a ‘no brainer,’ says former astronaut
- NatGeo. NASA RESPONDED TO RAPPER B.O.B’S FLAT EARTH PLANS
- Space.com'Star Trek' Cameos Help Astronauts Live Out Sci-Fi Dreams
- Huffington Post. Astronaut Terry Virts On Perspective, Politics And Our Beautiful Planet
- Baltimore Sun. Astronaut Terry Virts talks space photography, science fiction and growing up in Columbia
- VOA. What Is It Like to Become an Astronaut?
- The Verge. NASA astronaut records stunning view as he flies across the night sky
- NASA. 4K Camera Captures Riveting Footage of Unique Fluid Behavior in Space Laboratory
- Huffington Post. Astronaut Terry Virts Captured Breathtaking Photos, Video While In Space.
- ABC news. Astronaut Gets Sweet Message He Can See From Space
- The Verge. NASA astronaut gives Leonard Nimoy the Vulcan salute from space
- The Washington Post. Meet ‘Astro Terry’ Virts, America’s next big space star