Prof. Richard B. Hoover began research in 1966 at the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developing Laser
Retroreflectors for the Laser Tracking and Guidance of Saturn V Moon Rocket. While not used on Saturn V, a Retroflectors Array
was deployed by the Astronauts & it is the only Apollo 11 experiment that is still working.

Dr. Hoover served as Co-Investigator for
the ATM Experiment S-056 that produced 25,000 x-ray images of the Sun from SKYLAB and he developed the telescope that
produced the first images of the Sun with normal incidence multilayer x-ray optics. He holds 13 US and 2 International Patents
and was 1992 NASA Inventor of the Year. He is currently Visiting Research Professor at the University of Buckingham Centre
for Astrobiology (UK). He conducts Scanning Electron Microscopy of microfossils in meteorites and advises Astrobiology
Doctoral students at Paleontology Institute, RAS in Moscow and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.

In 1997, Dr. Hoover established the Astrobiology Research Group at MSFC as a Charter Member of the NASA Virtual
Astrobiology Institute for study of microfossils in carbonaceous meteorites and microbial extremophiles. Hoover organized and
was Science Team Lead for scientific expeditions to the most hostile environments of Earth - North Siberia (2 expeditions);
Antarctica (3); South Africa (2); Alaskan Glaciers/Permafrost Tunnels (5); Volcanoes/Fumaroles of Crete (2) and Southern
Patagonia (2) and Ice Caves of Iceland, Antarctica, Canada and high Austrian Alps.

In 2001, in recognition of his Expeditions (two Explorers Club Flag Expeditions to Antarctica) Dr. Richard B. Hoover was elected Fellow National of the Explorers Club. Samples from these expeditions led to the discovery and valid publications of 1 new Family; 6 new Genera and 15 new species of
bacteria and archaea.

Prof. Hoover has delivered Scientific Lectures in every continent on Earth and has Authored/Edited ~50
volumes and over 400 scientific papers on X-ray Optics, Solar Physics, Comets, Diatoms, Microfossils, Extremophiles, Lunar and
Cosmic Dust and Meteorites.

Prof. Richard B. Hoover is an Honorary Life Member of the Planetary Studies Foundation. He
served as President of SPIE in 2001 and was awarded the SPIE Gold Medal of the Society in 2009. His explorations and scientific
research have been featured in films for the History Channel, Science Channel, NASA's Unexplained Files, NHK Japan
Television, National Science Foundation, BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and Ancient Aliens.

Prof. Richard B.
Hoover has been awarded the Title Doctor Honoris Causa of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

A scientist and author with over a decade in aerospace and weapons systems, including work
with the Nuclear Design and Test Lab.  He developed the nuclear EMP test software for the
Pershing II missile system. He also worked on Patriot, the Copperhead tank killer, and Advanced Attack Helicopter systems.

Charles was awarded the Ying Genius Award and spent 5 years researching
robotics and AI. 

Charles has performed research under grant on nuclear fusion, was knighted and received a long term grant for his present research in robotics and artificial intelligence.

He has written many technical publications and magazine articles on space, astronomy, the atmosphere, and space resource development.

In addition, Charles has also appeared on several TV and radio programs.

His research in 2004 led to the discovery of marine fossil remains on
Mars and he has written two books on space research, A Fossil Hunter's Guide to Mars and
The Living Galaxy. 

Charles has been performing wire work in movie stunts for such movies as
X-Men: Dark Phoenix, First Man, Doctor Strange, and Captain Marvel.

So in retrospect, Charles also has now created the world's first
online virtual science center.