Cady Coleman is a retired NASA Astronaut and USAF Colonel who flew twice on the Space Shuttle and spent 159 days aboard the International Space Station. A popular public speaker and media consultant, she is also a regular contributor for space exploration news and a Research Affiliate at MIT’s Media Lab.
Cady’s book, Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change is known for its insights and candid stories. She and her family were featured in PBS’s Space: The Longest Goodbye; and The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station.
An improvisational flute player, she is known for her “Space Duet” with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson and her work with the Irish band, The Chieftains. From space, she coached Sandra Bullock for her role in “Gravity.”
Cady lives in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts with her husband, glass artist Josh Simpson. They have two adult sons and two enormous Maine Coon cats, Saber and Max.
