Cady Coleman
Former NASA astronaut and speaker
Cady Coleman is a retired Air Force colonel and former NASA astronaut. She has flown on two space shuttle missions and spent half a year aboard the International Space Station.
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About Cady Coleman
Cady Coleman worked as a NASA astronaut and is also a colonel who has retired from the United States Air Force. She is a scientist, pilot and musician as well. In space she flew on two space shuttle missions, and she also lived aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for six months. Coleman is a sought-after speaker, and her topics include leadership and team building. She has advocated for inclusion in STEM and STEAM fields (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics). She also works as a media adviser and on-air expert on space news and exploration, and is a research affiliate at the Media Lab of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). She is the author of Sharing Space. Coleman lives in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, with her husband, the glass artist Josh Simpson. They have two adult sons and two Maine coon cats.