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Ron Garan

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in Yonkers, The United States

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Ron Garan is an astronaut, test pilot, and author whose work explores the intersection of space, perspective, and humanity’s future.

During his career with NASA and the U.S. Air Force, Ron spent 178 days in space and traveled more than 71 million miles in 2,842 orbits of Earth. He flew aboard both the Space Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and conducted four spacewalks. Earlier in his career he served as a combat fighter pilot, Instructor Pilot at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School (the Air Force’s equivalent of Top Gun), and graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.

Ron is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles, Floating in Darkn ...more

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	Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution 4.38 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles 3.80 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2015 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Railroad to the Moon 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinite Simplicity - Spring Growth 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Who Cares Wins: Reasons For Optimism in Our Changing World

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“Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.”
― Ron Garan, The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

tags: astronaut, earth, outer-space, planet, space, space-exploration, universe

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“A partner's different perspective is valuable, but the very fact that it is different means that it will require work, humility, time, and resources to incorporate that perspective. At times, this will require checking one's pride at the door.”
― Ron Garan, The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

tags: astronaut, collaboration, different-perspectives, humility, partnership, perspectives, pride, space, space-exploration

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“If we adopt the same collaborative mindset and practices that got to the moon and back, and that built the International Space Station, we can alleviate poverty—and do much more.”
― Ron Garan, The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles