NASA Astronaut Piers Sellers was born in Crowborough, Sussex, United Kingdom. He is married with two children.

Piers graduated from Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1976, and received a doctorate in biometeorology from Leeds University (United Kingdom) in 1981.

 A veteran of three spaceflights;

 STS-112 Atlantis (October 7-18, 2002) was an International Space Station assembly mission during which the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition-5 in delivering and installing the S-One Truss (the third piece of the station's 11-piece Integrated Truss Structure) 

STS-121 (July 4-17, 2006), was a return-to-flight test mission and assembly flight to the International Space Station.

STS-132 (May 14-26, 2010) Space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final planned mission to deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International Space Station. STS-132 was the 32nd mission for Atlantis.