The MAVEN Launch and Science Teams
Omar Baez, left, of NASA’s Launch Services Program, or LSP, is launch manager for MAVEN. He is the highest authority during the countdown and provides NASA’s “go/no-go” decision to the mission director. He sits at a console in the Atlas Space Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a building known as the ASOC. He leads a contingent of specialized launch controllers and support staff based at several different locations on launch day.
Bruce Jakosky, right, is the principal investigator for the MAVEN mission. Jakosky discussed the mission and his role in it during an interview you can read at https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/team/jakosky.html
