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Sam Gemar

  • Astronaut with Three Space Missions; Leadership & Safety Speaker
  • Former Engineering Test Pilot & Director of Flight Operators at Bombardier, Inc
  • Former Director in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense
Fee Range
$5,000 - $7,500
Traveling From
Wichita, Kansas

Sam Gemar is a three time Shuttle Mission Specialist, a twenty-five year veteran of the U.S. Army, and a Former Director of the National Security Space Master Plan. Today, Mr. Gemar is an Engineering Test Pilot & Director of Corporate Flight Operations for Bombardier Aerospace and TV Personality for HdNet. Sam Gemar enlisted in the U.

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Sam Gemar was born in 1955 in Yankton, South Dakota, but considers home to be Scotland, South Dakota. He enlisted in the U. S. Army and later attended West Point Military Academy where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 1979.

Gemar was Distinguished Graduate of his class in undergraduate pilot training, fixed-wing and multi-engine pilot training. During his career with the Army, Gemar was a Recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, two National Defense Service Medals and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement.

Selected by NASA in June 1985, Gemar has flown three times and has logged over 580 hours in space. He flew on STS-38, STS-48, and STS-62. His first mission (STS-38) was a five-day Department of Defense mission. On his second mission (STS-48), he was part of a five-man crew that successfully deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), designed to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere on a global scale thus providing scientists with their first complete data set on the upper atmosphere’s chemistry, winds and energy inputs. Gemar’s last mission (STS-62) conducted 60 experiments in the areas of microgravity science and technology. Of special note during this mission, the shuttle’s orbital altitude was lowered to 105 nautical miles, the lowest ever flown by a Space Shuttle.

Sam retired from NASA in 1998 and moved to Wichita, Kansas where he is the Director of Test-Flight Operations for Bombardier.  After NASA, he continued working in the Aerospace Industry completing 20 years in private industry.

 

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Speaker Programs

Leading in the Uncharted & Unapproachable Environments
Sam is one of the few that have successfully led in an environment as uncharted and unknown as the one he came out of space. Sam leans on his space flight experiences and corporate executive ...more
Sam is one of the few that have successfully led in an environment as uncharted and unknown as the one he came out of space. Sam leans on his space flight experiences and corporate executive position to share with audiences. He has the leadership, personal challenges, technical challenges of working/living in those confined quarters with the high risk/ high pressure and unpredictable environment of space to draw from. ...less
Safety Leadership
Sam Gemar arrived at Bombardier and quickly established himself among the leadership team that led the cultural safety transformation to become one that is industry leading and highly respected. He takes audiences through the Fundamental ...more
Sam Gemar arrived at Bombardier and quickly established himself among the leadership team that led the cultural safety transformation to become one that is industry leading and highly respected. He takes audiences through the Fundamental Building Blocks of Safety Leadership that he found worked - Leadership, Personal Responsibility, Education, and Training. Audience members leave inspired, engaged and educated to be better equipped to take ownership of safety leadership in their own roles ...less
Space
The Ultimate High Ground - Sam Gemar will take you on a journey of space and the voyage back to earth from space. He will discuss the training leading up to it, the launch, orbit ...more
The Ultimate High Ground - Sam Gemar will take you on a journey of space and the voyage back to earth from space. He will discuss the training leading up to it, the launch, orbit operations, and re-entry with valuable life lessons learned along the way. ...less
Around the World in 90 Minutes
Upside Down and on Fire; Staying Motivated in a Difficult Work Environment

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