Skip to content
228,584 profiles ranked

James Oberg

American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1944 · age 82

James Edward Oberg is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian and Chinese space programs. He had a 22-year career as a space engineer in NASA specializing in orbital rendezvous. Oberg is an author of ten books and more than a thousand articles on space flight.

James Oberg is read about 20 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare Claim

Awards

Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award2014
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

About this person

He has provided multiple explanations of UFO phenomena for media outlets. He is also a consultant in spaceflight operations and safety.

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82

Where to find them