Astronomy Magazine Editor in Chief David J. Eicher. Books and DVDs In 2014 Starmus published its first book: Starmus: 50 Years of Man in Space. An ambitious series of talks, articles and recollections assembled to celebrate the human exploration of space. It is the result of the unique Starmus meeting in 2011 on Tenerife, where the legendary Russian and American pioneers of the space age met up for the first time to share the moments that electrified the human race. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Yuri Baturin, Charles Duke, Victor Gorbatko, Alexei Leonov, Jim Lovell, Claude Nicollier, and Sergei Zhukov tell their personal stories about the first space walk, the lunar landing, the heroic recovery of Apollo 13, the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, and much more. In 2016 Starmus published its second book: Origins of the Cosmos. Edited by Garik Israelian and Brian May, the book synthesizes our current view of the universe. Written in a style that is understandable to anyone who is interested in these matters, it includes contributions from many prominent figures of the science world, including Alexei Leonov, Walt Cunningham, Richard Dawkins, David Eicher, John Ellis, Katerina Harvati, Stephen Hawking, Harry Kroto, Mark Boslough, John Mather, and Robert Wilson. In 2014 Rick Wakeman released a DVD called Rick Wakeman and Brian May – Starmus 2014. Rick Wakeman has made several appearances at Starmus. The DVD was recorded at the second Starmus festival in 2014 where he was joined on stage by Brian May, the guitarist from Queen. Board of directors The Starmus Festival Board of Directors consists of: Garik Israelian, Astrophysicist, Director & Founder Richard Dawkins, Evolutionary Biologist David J. Eicher, Editor, Astronomer, and Author Peter Gabriel, Musician and Human rights activist Brian May, Queen founding Guitarist & Astrophysicist Emmanuelle Charpentier, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Jill Tarter, Astrophysicist Robert Williams, Astrophysicist Tony Fadell, Engineer, innovator, founder Past directors include cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (2011-2019), theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (2014-2018), chemist Harold Kroto (2014-2017), and biologist Jack W. Szostak (2011). References External links Tourist attractions in Tenerife Astronomy events Festivals in Spain Science events in Spain