Dr. Michael Helfert was a senior scientist at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, and acted as both scientist and chief scientist for Earth observations for Space Shuttle missions from 1982 through 2008. He was also the Director of the Southeast Regional Climate Center and the South Carolina state climatologist. He was also the Director of the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) at the National Climate Data Center. References Michael Helfert Viewing Earth from Space Collection 1961-1998 National Geographic book "Orbit". Space Shuttle Mission Reports republished in the journal Geocarto International. Living people American climatologists Year of birth missing (living people)