# Ron Garan on Reddit (u/RonGaran)

Part of Scientists on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/scientists-on-reddit/ron-garan

Ron Garan: NASA astronaut, ISS and the Space Shuttle.

- Reddit account: [u/RonGaran](https://www.reddit.com/user/RonGaran/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [The 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14f7gt/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (590), r/nasa (17), r/printSF (17), r/videos (14), r/science (2), r/space (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_J._Garan_Jr.

## Moments

### u/RonGaran in r/IAmA, Mar 21, 2012 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> Huh, I was expecting something more like "I was looking forward to seeing my family again" but yeah, that would logically be going through my mind to. Was it a bumpy ride back?

> it was like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel (that's on fire) followed by a high speed crash

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/r62jp/comment/c437m6o/ · 2,471 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/RonGaran in r/IAmA, Mar 21, 2012 · Explains things

Replying to a redditor:

> did you do a spacewalk at all? if you did what did it sound like? I think on earth we very rarely experience true complete silence, did you experience it? what was it like, was it different from the "silence" we experience on earth? I'm super interested in this.

> I have done 4 spacewalks (in total I have been "outside over 27 hours) It's actually not that quiet since your spacesuit has fans running (you're basically in your own self-contained spaceship)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/r62jp/comment/c437foi/ · 1,220 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/RonGaran in r/IAmA, Dec 7, 2012 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> This is off topic, but could you describe what it was like going out on your first spacewalk?

> Part of my brain said, "This is an amazingly beautiful experience" - another part said, "Yeah, it's beautiful but it's not real" since on my 1st spacewalk I had no experience base to compare it to, part of me couldn't accept it was real

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14f7gt/comment/c7ciqyi/ · 1,411 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/RonGaran in r/IAmA, Mar 21, 2012 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> How do you sleep in space?

> While sleeping I free floated (interesting that I usually woke up up-side-down - in relation to my stuff)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/r62jp/comment/c4379td/ · 859 points as of Nov 7, 2026