Sian Proctor
Sian Proctor is an American geology professor, science communicator, and commercial astronaut. She has been selected as the pilot for the Inspiration4 private orbital spaceflight planned for 15 September 2021, aboard a SpaceX-operated Crew Dragon space capsule. She is a geology professor at South Mountain Community College in Arizona. She is also a major in the Civil Air Patrol where she serves as the aerospace education officer for its Arizona Wing. Proctor was the education outreach officer for the first Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation Mission. She has also appeared in three educational television shows, The Colony Season 2 which was aired on The Discovery Channel in 2010, and the 2016 PBS series Genius By Stephen Hawking on "Episode 2: Are We Alone?". She is currently featured on the science show Strange Evidence.
