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.