Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides Explained

Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
Alma Mater:	Stanford University California Institute of Technology International Space University
Spouse:	George T. Whitesides

Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides is an American public speaker, co-creator of Yuri's Night, and an author on space exploration. She accumulated over five hours of weightless time as a Flight Director for Zero-G Corporation, and plans to travel to space as a "Founder Astronaut" on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo with her husband George T. Whitesides.^[1]

Whitesides received a bachelor's degree in biology from Stanford and a master's from Caltech,^[2] with a particular interest in astrobiology. In relation to that work she appeared in the 3D IMAX documentary "Aliens of the Deep" alongside director James Cameron traveling to hydrothermal vents two miles under the ocean. She has also visited Haughton impact crater in the arctic to study plants surviving in extreme environments.^[3] In addition, she has given numerous TEDx talks about space exploration and personal development.

Publications

• Cockell, Charles S, Pascal Lee, Andrew C Schuerger, Loretta Hidalgo, Jeff A Jones, and M Dale Stokes. 2001. "Microbiology and Vegetation of Micro-Oases and Polar Desert, Haughton Impact Crater, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 33, no. 3: 306.
• Whitesides, L. (2008, January 31). Space, The Final Frontier for Homosexuality. Retrieved from^[4]

Speaking

• Whitesides, L. (2009, November). Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides: A Foundation for the Next Space Generation [Video File]. Retrieved from^[5]
• Whitesides, L. (2015, September). Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides: What is your mission? [Video File]. Retrieved from^[6]
• Whitesides, L. (2017, November). Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides: Can space exploration bring out the best in all of us? [Video File]. Retrieved from

Books

• Book: Whitesides, Loretta Hidalgo . Sep 13, 2018 . The New Right Stuff: Using Space to Bring Out the Best in You . Independently published . 201 . 978-1720273639.

External links

• "The New Right Stuff"
• “The World Space Party: TMRO Interviews Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides - March 25, 2017”
• “It’s Up To Us: GeekDad Interviews Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides”
• “Cuppa and chat with Loretta Whitesides from Galactic Unite”
  • • "10% Happier Podcast with Dan Harris - February 13, 2019"
• Space, The Final Frontier for Homosexuality
• Pasadena woman stages global celebration honoring Soviet hero Yuri Gagarin, first man in space

Notes and References

1. Web site: How This 'Founder Astronaut' Is Prepping for Space Travel. PCMAG.
2. Web site: Loretta Hidalgo | The Space Show. thespaceshow.com.
3. Web site: Loretta Whitesides.
4. News: Whitesides . Loretta Hidalgo . Space, The Final Frontier for Homosexuality . en-US . Wired . 2023-08-11 . 1059-1028.
5. Web site: TEDxNASA TED . 2023-08-11 . www.ted.com.
6. Web site: Brunold . Heather . 2015: Momentum . 2023-08-11 . TEDxPasadena . en-US.