Chris "Hanks" Sembroski

Chris "Hanks" SembroskiChris "Hanks" SembroskiChris "Hanks" Sembroski

Chris "Hanks" Sembroski

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Chris Sembroski

Chris SembroskiChris SembroskiChris Sembroski

Commercial Astronaut, Speaker, Avionics Engineer, Educator, Space Exploration Advocate

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Chris Sembroski

Chris SembroskiChris SembroskiChris Sembroski

Commercial Astronaut, Speaker, Avionics Engineer, Educator, Space Exploration Advocate

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When we go to space, we can choose to take the best of ourselves. Space is a place with unlimited potential, and we can harness its inspiration to solve Earth's biggest challenges while also expanding humanity's presence in the universe.

Chris Sembroski

Biography

Brief History of Hanks

Chris "Hanks" Sembroski represented the pillar of Generosity as part of the crew of Inspiration4 by serving as Mission Specialist on a 3-day mission to orbit. He grew up with a natural curiosity about outer space. He could be found stargazing late at night from the roof of his high school and launching high-powered model rockets deep in the Florida swamps in college. As a U.S. Space Camp counselor, he conducted simulated space shuttle missions and supported STEM-based education designed to inspire young minds to explore these areas and find their passions. As a college student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Chris volunteered with ProSpace, a grassroots lobbying effort that promoted legislation in Washington, D.C., to help open up space travel and allow companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX to exist. He then served in the U.S. Air Force, maintaining a fleet of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles and deploying for service in Iraq before leaving active duty in 2007.  In his civilian career, he has sought innovative, industry-disrupting methods to monitor and maintain mechanical equipment, reduce energy consumption, and use data to drive preemptive action making everything from data centers, to hospitals, to aerospace manufacturing facilities more efficient. 


Chris now works as an Avionics Testing Engineer for Blue Origin's New Glenn program. This reusable rocket stands over 310 feet (95 meters) tall, making it nearly the size of the Apollo program's Saturn V vehicle. In addition, Chris teaches as an Adjunct Faculty member for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He currently resides outside Seattle, WA, with his wife, and two young daughters. 

Inspiration4

Inspiration4 is the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit. The mission was commanded by Jared Isaacman, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift4 Payments and an accomplished pilot and adventurer. Inspiration4 left Earth from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A, the embarkation point for Apollo and Space Shuttle missions, and traveled across a low earth orbit at a peak altitude of 590km on a multi-day journey that continuously eclipsed more than 90% of the earth’s population. Named in recognition of the four-person crew that raised awareness and funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, this milestone represents a new era for human spaceflight and exploration.


To show support for St. Jude and to learn more about the mission, go to https://inspiration4.com

Watch the Netflix Documentary

Watch Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space

Only on Netflix! 


From training to launch to landing, this all-access docuseries rides along with the Inspiration4 crew on the first all-civilian orbital space mission.

Inspiring Moments: Breathtaking Views of Earth

    "Hanks" In the Media

    Space and Things Podcast

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    STP157 - An Interview with Chris Sembroski - Inspiration4 

    Click to listen here

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    Felix's Space Time from May 29, 2023

    Inspiring talks from 4 visionary astronauts!  Panel Members: Nicole Stott, Chris Sembroski, Ron Rosano, and George Nield 

    GeekWire

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    GeekWire

    https://www.geekwire.com/2022/after-blazing-a-trail-in-orbit-data-analyst-chris-sembroskis-adventures-just-keep-coming/

    Time

    Florida Today

    GeekWire

    https://time.com/6083979/meet-inspiration4-crew-members/

    Space.com

    Florida Today

    Florida Today

    https://www.space.com/chris-sembroski-inspiration4-spacex-mission

    Florida Today

    Florida Today

    Florida Today

    https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2021/11/14/interview-chris-sembroski-inspiration-4-and-spacex-crew-dragon-flyer/6181536001/

    Axios

    Spaceflight Insider

    Spaceflight Insider

    https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/crewmembers-chosen-inspiration4-mission-spacex

    Spaceflight Insider

    Spaceflight Insider

    Spaceflight Insider

    https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/human-spaceflight/profiles-of-inspiration4-chris-sembroski-flying-to-space-in-the-generosity-seat/

    Contact Me

    Questions or Comments?

    For more information on having Chris speak or make an appearance, please contact Chartwell Speakers (francis@chartwellspeakers.com)


    https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/chris-sembroski/  


    You can also send a message here to ask a question, share an inspiring story, or just tell "Hanks" what's on your mind. 

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