Chris Boshuizen is an Australian entrepreneur, aeronautical engineer, and musician.
Early life and education Chris Boshuizen grew up in Tumbarumba, Australia.
He was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in 2005.
Career In 2010, Boshuizen co-founded Planet Labs — a company that designs and manufactures 3U-CubeSat miniature satellites. While working for NASA as an aeronautical engineer, Boshuizen co created PhoneSat.
Space tourism In 2021, Bosheizen went to space aboard NS-18 along with William Shatner, Audrey Powers, and Glen de Vries. Boshuizen is the third person of Australian descent in space, preceded by Paul Scully-Power and Andy Thomas; however, by a technicality of Australian law at the time, specifically section 17 of the Citizenship Act 1948 at the time of both Scully-Power and Andy Thomas's flights, their status as American citizens invalided their existing Australian citizenship. In 2002, section 17 of the 1948 Citizenship Act was applied granting Scully-Power and Thomas dual citizenship.
Music career In 2021, Boshuizen released an album titled VHS under the stage name Dr Chrispy, a nickname given to him by colleagues at NASA in tandem with his space flight aboard the Blue Origin space flight NS-18. In 2023, Boshuizen released a second album commemorating two years since his space flight.
Awards and honours Advance Global Australian of the Year Award 2014 Space Generation Advisory Council Alumni Award Karman Fellow 2020
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