Space Nation is founded by Mazdak Nassir, an Iranian refugee and award-winning film director and Kalle
Vaha-Jaakkola, a farmer’s son from Finland, who dreamt of space as far as his earliest memories go.
Together with Stephan Reckie, an Armenian-Russian-American astropreneur, Caitlin Burns, a master of immersive experiences, Jill Reckie, a creative
technologist with a mindset for human potential and Gregory “Box” Johnson, a former NASA astronaut and the last
pilot of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, they form the leadership team of Space Nation.
PIONEERS OF SPACE
To offer the best possible experiences Space Nation has built close relationships with leaders of the space
industry.
We have partnerships with industry pioneers such as NASA, Axiom Space, a company that
is building the first commercial space station and orbiting hotel, and Space Perspectives, a company
offering suborbital space tourism flights.
Space Nation is also the world’s first space company to become a member of the UNWTO
(United Nations World Tourism Organization) and a pioneer in terrestrial space tourism.
We are a company, yet our identity has always been and always will be a universal community for
positive change through humanity’s expansion into space.
Caitlin Burns,
Executive Producer
Best known for her work for major film franchises, AAA console games, television shows and global brands,
Caitlin organizes our mission timelines from proposal to launch and beyond.
Gregory H. “Box” Johnson,
Chief Space Advisor
Last NASA astronaut pilot of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and veteran of missions STS-123 and STS-134.
Former President and Executive Director of NASA’s Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
(CASIS), manager of the US Lab on the International Space Station.
Kirk Ludwick,
General Counsel
An attorney with 35+ years of transactional experience focused on business entity formation and structures,
business sales and acquisitions, business strategies, and negotiations of large complex commercial and
financial transactions around the world.
Jill Reckie,
Head of Spaceport & Member Experiences
A creative technologist and organizational change coach with 20+ years of helping leaders design exceptional
customer experiences and build inclusive workplaces.
Thrives on diverse perspectives, novel
approaches, and disrupting the status quo. Inspired by human potential and fascinated by what
results when people focus on the greater good.
Stephan Reckie,
Universal Sales Director & Investor
Global sales and business development executive. Executive Director of GEN Space, a universal network of
Space entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Mazdak Nassir,
Chief Creative Officer & Co-founder
Heavyweight visionary and award winning filmmaker.
Creative engine of the Astronaut Adventures.
Mazdak is a resilient advocate of global citizenship and the importance of science.
Kalle Vaha-Jaakkola,
Captain & Co-founder
A former Finnish special forces military trainer and private sector educator with a love for humanity and
space. Cool headed with unstoppable resilience toward the vision of settling humanity in space to lift human
consciousness for universal citizenship.