John Logsdon is the founder and from 1987 to 2008 was the director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University.

He is frequently cited as an authority on space policy and history by press entities such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, and has appeared on various television networks.

Logsdon authored the entry on space exploration for the latest edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and many articles and commentaries.

Dr. Logsdon is the author more recently of the award-winning John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and After Apollo?

He is a member of the board of directors of The Planetary Society and the Academic Council of the International Space University.