Mike Mongo is author of children's book, The Astronaut Instruction Manual (Inkshares/Penguin Random House). He is vice-president of Icarus Interstellar, strategic director of Starship Congress, and serves on the board of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). As an "astronaut teacher," Mr Mongo annually encourages thousands of students in classrooms all over the world to pursue careers living, working, and playing in space. He has taught astronautics in Mexico, England, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, the US and Canada, and is the first US American to teach in Cuba primary schools in over 50 years, with six trips to dozens of Cuban school classrooms since 2014. Mr Mongo was a 2017 Ambassador for Yuri's Night, NextGen student outreach advisor for National Space Society's (NSS) International Space Development Conference (ISDC), and is a regular co-host on Paul Carr's Unseen Podcast. His book, The Astronaut Instruction Manual, has been optioned by Legendary Entertainment and is currently in pre-production for television.