Space Explr

Nico Carver has a keen interest in helping others get started with the hobby. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts in the United States.

CONNECT WITH NICO: 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/nebulaphotosdotcom

YouTube: https://youtube.com/nebulaphotos

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nebulaphotos

Visit: https://www.nebulaphotos.com/

William is a 21-year-old junior undergraduate studying Software Engineering and Astrophysics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Started doing astrophotography seriously about 4 years ago. Now he is Meade Instruments Brand Ambassador and OPT Affiliate.  

CONNECT WITH WILLIAM: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astroburns/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/astroburns_

Ross lives in the cloudy North East of England so of course, he loves astrophotography. He gets out whenever he can and aims to produce the best possible results with usually low integration stacks.  

Ross was awarded Newcomer of the Year in 2019 at the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards held by Royal Museums Greenwich. He had his work shared by NASA, Canon, Sigma, BBC, OPT, and others.

CONNECT WITH ROSS: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrophotoross

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrophotoross/

Visit: https://www.astrophotoross.com/

Nikola is 23, from Szczecin in Poland. She is currently in her second-to-last year of master’s degree in physics at the University of Szczecin Szczecin, and a third-year student of automation and robotics at the Pomeranian University of Technology. Her goal is to be involved in creating technological progress and she hopes she will do it by working in the fascinating space industry.  

CONNECT WITH NIKOLA: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikolabukowiecka

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_space.fairy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikola-bukowiecka-4699461b4

Daniel Smith, but his nickname in photography is Daniel Zoliro...a name that he came up with using the first two letters from each of his kids' names. He is a pastor and volunteer firefighter in the town where he lives. He got his first telescope, an 8-inch Dobsonian, about 4 years ago. Where he did his first stacked astrophoto about one year ago with a DSLR, 100mm lens, and a Star Adventurer.  

Since then, he dove in headfirst into astrophotography working with much better gear and refining his processing skills, he also currently serves as vice president of the Astronomy Club of Tulsa. Besides this hobby, he’s involved in caving and cave photography, macrophotography, and he’s also a musician.  

CONNECT WITH DANIEL: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoliroastro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoliroastro

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFiY8TXX1dSimY50lhI_2iQ

Visit: https://www.astrobin.com/users/DanielZoliro/

Halit studied Astronomy and Space Sciences at Ege University, Turkey. He holds an M. Sc. degree in Space Management from ISU (MSM09) and joined the Summer Program in Beijing, China (SSP07). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Space Technologies at the National Defense University of Turkey.  Halit accumulated over 4000 hours of training experience delivering both formal and non-formal learning training as well as accumulated various international and intercultural working experiences in Barcelona, Tokyo, and Rome over the last decade.  He is the founder of Estonia-based consulting company Spaceagenda OÜ and Turkey-based TRC Space Technologies Training, Research, and Consulting Services. Currently, he is the general manager of GUHEM (Gokmen Space and Aviation Training Center). His main goal is to set up more effective bridges between people.  

Connect with Halit: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astronom

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halitmir

Twitter: https://twitter.com/halitmir

Visit: https://www.spaceagenda.com

Ron Sparkman is one of Space Foundation’s newest editions as the organization’s Digital Content Strategist, as well as the Space Foundation Discovery Center’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent. In these roles, he leads the organization’s social media team, hosts livestreaming events like Space4U Live and Universal Live with industry leaders, produces engaging video content such as Space Symposium 365 with team member Slade Bradbury, and much more.  

Ron is also the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Stardom, a space media company, with the mission to make space science more approachable & accessible to everyone on the planet. Via this platform, Stardom’s international team covers space news, science communication events, rocket launches, space & science museums, and more. As well, he is also the co-creator of I Love Mars, one of the largest communities for fans of the Red Planet on social media.  

Ron is also Communications and Social Media Manager at Explore Mars, Co-founder of the Out Astronaut Project, Host of Space Fam on OPT Telescope’s Clear Skies Network on Twitch, the host of The Mars Society’s Red Planet Radio, an Advanced Academy graduate of Project PoSSUM, the citizen-scientist astronautics program, and does or has contributed to a number of other space science social media brands like Fun Fact Science, PoSSUM 13, and more.

Connect with Ron: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StardomSpace/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stardomspace/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stardomspace

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Stardomspace

Support their work: https://www.patreon.com/Stardom

Vicki is a 38-year-old mum who lives in the UK with Bortle 5 skies. She started her Astro journey in May 2018 with a Newtonian reflector which she still has but since then she has been on a deep sky object imaging journey for 2 years also.  

Connect with Vicki: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vickipink/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Superlunarchick

Ian is an astronomer, astrophotographer, adventurer, and public speaker with a passion for sharing the wonders of the night sky. With a background in astrophysics, Ian has worked with the top telescope manufacturers and retailers in the world, building telescope systems for private & professional observatories, astrophotographers, government projects, and educational institutes. Outside of astronomy, backpacking, camping, and metal music are among his other passions.  

Connect with Ian: 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ianlauerastro

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ianlauerastro

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ianlauerastro

Tim Chrisman is the founder and executive director of Foundation for The Future (climb2.space), author of "Humanity in Space", a look at the future of the second century of human spaceflight, and former U.S. Army Special Operations officer. Foundation for The Future is focused on the creation of a secure, sustainable, and efficient gateway to outer space.  

Connect with Tim on: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climbtospace

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/climb2space

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climb2space/

Email: [email protected] 

Visit: https://www.climb2.space/