- At his high school's 20-year reunion in 1996, Tyson was voted the graduate with the "coolest job."
- First African American director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium, in New York City. Tyson is also a researcher, a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University, and a general-interest science columnist. Author of books for nonspecialists on space and the universe (listed under Other Works).
- Received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard, his Master's from the University of Texas, and his PhD from Columbia University.
- Has two children: a son named Travis, and a daughter named Miranda.
- All-time favorite Broadway musical is Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar".
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