The final launch of shuttle Atlantis has brought out a wide variety of celebrities from all over the spectrum. From elected officials to big screen stars.
Here is the confirmed list provided by NASA:
Elected Officials
1. Florida Governor Rick Scott, R-FL
2. Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll, R-FL
3. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT
4. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX
5. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL
6. Sen. Chris Coons, D-DE
7. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX-18
8. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-NC-07
9. Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, D-CA-38
10. Rep. Todd Platts, R-PA-19
11. Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-OH-2
12. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-CO-05
13. Rep. Jeff Denham, R-CA-19
14. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-IL-14
15. Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-MS-4
16. Rep. David Rivera, R-FL-25
Obama Administration Officials
17. Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
18. John Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
19. Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce
20. Anthony Miller, Deputy Secretary of Education
21. Karen Mills, Small Business Administration Administrator
22. John Morton, Director, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement
23. Nancy Sutley, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality
Department of Defense Officials
24. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
International Dignitaries
25. Sergey Saveliev, Deputy Head, Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency)
26. Joao Vale De Almeida, Ambassador, European Union to the U.S.
27. Steve MacLean, President, Canadian Space Agency
28. Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry & Minister of State, Gov. of Canada
29. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, Science & Technology, Canada
30. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the U.S.
31. Keiji Tachikawa, President, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
32. Michael B. Oren, Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.
33. Kim Beazley, Ambassador of Australia to the U.S.
NASA Alumni
34. Dan Goldin, Former NASA Administrator
35. Michael Griffin, Former NASA Administrator
36. Dan Mulville, Former NASA Deputy Administrator
37. Gen. John Dailey, Director, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; former NASA Deputy Administrator
Arts, Entertainment & Other
38. Geraldo Rivera, Fox news
39. Gregory Hart, Fox news
40. Kevin Sorbo, Actor
41. Joe Gibbs, Gibbs Racing
42. Howard Bernstein, Channel 9 News
43. Leon Harris, WJLA News
44. Suzanne Malveaux, CNN White House Correspondent
45. Vernice “Fly Girl” Armour, motivational speaker
46. Peter Guber, Mandalay Entertainment
47. James Horner, Composer
48. Paula Kerger, President & CEO, Public Broadcasting System
49. Lee Perryman
50. Peter Cullen, Voice Actor
51. Alan Parsons, Musician
52. Mark Wolfe, Producer
53. Stefan Sonenfield, Producer
54. Zen Cymbala, NBC
55. Hector Bustamante, Actor
56. Steve Wozniak, Apple Computer co-founder
57. Jimmy Buffet, Musician
58. Gloria Estefan, Musician
59. Barry Corbin, Actor
60. Diana Krall, Musician
61. Ted Kennedy, Jr.
62. Kiley Kennedy
63. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
64. Katherine Townsend
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