Beth Moses is a professional suborbital astronaut and aerospace engineer who served on the flight crew of six Virgin Galactic spaceflights; she is the world’s most-flown female astronaut and her wings are on display in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. In 2019, during test flight VF01, Moses conducted Virgin Galactic’s first cabin evaluation and became the first human to unstrap on a suborbital spaceflight as well as the first female to fly on a privately funded spacecraft. She earned Commercial Astronaut Wings #007 from the Federal Aviation Administration in April 2019. When not flying, Beth led Virgin Galactic’s astronaut training and cabin test programs. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and previously worked at NASA as the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Subsystem Manager for the International Space Station Program. She is a member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Explorers Club, and the Exceptional Women Alliance.
