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Loretta Whitesides
Co-Founder of Yuri’s Night, Founder Astronaut at Virgin Galactic & Founder of SpaceKind
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides is a Founder Astronaut at Virgin Galactic, author of The New Right Stuff: Using Space to Bring Out the Best in You, and co-creator of Yuri’s Night, the global celebration known as the “World Space Party.” She studied astrobiology at Stanford and Caltech, conducted Arctic plant research with NASA, worked with director James Cameron on the IMAX film Aliens of the Deep, and has logged hundreds of weightless flights as a Flight Director for Zero Gravity Corporation. Through her company, SpaceKind, Loretta helps leaders and teams use the perspective of space exploration to foster connection, mindfulness, and human potential.
