Garan, Ron: - Former NASA astronaut and father of three Ron Garan racked up 178 days in space and more than 71 million miles in 2,842
orbits between tours on the International Space Station, flying on the US Space Shuttle and a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Prior to those journeys, he lived and conducted research on the bottom of the ocean in the world's only undersea research lab, Aquarius. Today, Ron is celebrated for his research in space and for his humanitarian contribution to life on Earth.