Robert Pearlman

Robert Pearlman is a journalist, space historian and editor of collectSPACE, the leading online news and community site for space history professionals and enthusiasts.

Mr. Pearlman’s original “Ask An Astronaut” website preceded NASA’s efforts to connect the public with the men and women who have flown in space. Later, as the online program director for the National Space Society, Pearlman led the redesign and expansion of the organization’s online resources and website, including authoring the educational viewer’s guide for Tom Hanks’ award-winning HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon.”

In 1997, Mr. Pearlman was recruited by Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin to develop the website accompanying Aldrin’s first novel, “Encounter with Tiber.”

In 1996, Pearlman was hired by Space Adventures, Ltd., the first company to launch privately-financed individuals (“space tourists”) to the International Space Station (ISS), as its first Marketing and Public Relations Director.

Today, in addition to editing collectSPACE, Pearlman is a contributing writer for Space.com.

Mr. Pearlman serves on the American Astronautical Society’s History Committee and nominating induction committee for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Florida. He’s a member of the Advisory Board for The Mars Generation and was previously on the board of directors of the National Space Society and U.S. Spacewalk of Fame Foundation. He is a former National Chair of the Students for the Exploration and Development and Space (SEDS). In 2009, Pearlman was inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame, in part for his work on collectSPACE.