Tim Kopra

Voyager Technologies • Chief Human Exploration Officer, Retired NASA Astronaut

Tim Kopra has been a career military officer, astronaut, and now senior business leader. He is currently the Chief Human Exploration Officer at Voyager Technologies. Previously, Kopra was the CEO of Starlab Space, Voyager’s commercial space station, and CEO of Nanoracks, a Voyager portfolio company. Kopra also served as the President of OneWeb Technologies, providing global, secure satellite communications for the U.S. government and other customers. He has also led one of the three business divisions of Canada’s largest space company, MDA Space, as Vice President for Robotics and Space Operations. Additionally, Kopra was Partner and Co-founder of Blue Bear Capital, an energy technology venture capital firm. Kopra served in various leadership and operational roles at NASA as an engineer, astronaut, and International Space Station Commander. While at NASA, he completed two spaceflights, three spacewalks, and logged 244 days in space. As an Army aviator, Kopra deployed to Operation Desert Storm and then commanded an AH-64 Attack Helicopter Company. Following these assignments, Kopra served as an experimental test pilot and Developmental Test Director for the Army’s Comanche Helicopter Program until his assignment to NASA and selection as an astronaut. Kopra remains active in his community as a board member of KIPP Texas, a charter school system with 31,000 students. Kopra earned his Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School. He is also a graduate the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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