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Amanda Griffin is a deputy chief of Communication Office in Kennedy Space Center at NASA.

Joshua Santora is a senior partnership manager at Big Vision. He is the host of The Rocket Ranch podcast.

Tim Dunn is the NASA launch director for the Launch Services Program.

Carlos Garcia is the Orion Resident Office manager for the Orion Program Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Mic Woltman is the chief in Fleet Systems Integation at NASA.

Amanda Mitskevich is the program manager of the Launch Services Program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Sheldon Lauderdale is the Management Analyst at NASA.

Jon Cowart is an Orbiter Engineering Manager at NASA.

Michael Ciannilli is the NASA's manager of the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program.

Robert D. Cabana is the Associate Administrator of the NASA, NASA astronaut, and a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights.

Dana Hutcherson is the deputy program manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program at Kennedy Space Center.

Chuck Dovale is the deputy program manager of the Launch Services Program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired astronaut, engineer, and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot. The first Canadian to walk in space, Hadfield has flown two Space Shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.

Doug Hurley is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and current NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. He is scheduled to command Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed spaceflight from American soil since STS-135. He was also the first Marine to fly the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. His call sign is "Chunks", and he was sometimes referred to by this name on the communication loops.

Bob Behnken is a NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office. Behnken holds a Ph.D in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in 2000. He flew aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-123 (2008) and STS-130 (2010) as a mission specialist, accumulating over 708 hours in space, including 37 hours of spacewalk time. He is married to fellow astronaut K. Megan McArthur.Following retirement of the Space Shuttle, Behnken was Chief of the Astronaut Office from 2012 to 2015. Assigned to the SpaceX Dragon Capsule in 2018 as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, Behnken was scheduled to launch aboard the spacecraft's first crewed mission with fellow astronaut Doug Hurley on May 27, 2020. The mission, Crew Dragon Demo-2, will take Behnken and Hurley to the International Space Station, where they will dock and stay for several weeks. The launch was cancelled 16 minutes and 54 seconds before takeoff, due to bad weather. The mission was postponed and scheduled to Saturday, May 30, at 19:22 UTC.