People of NASA Science

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Daniel Andrews

Daniel Andrews is the project manager for NASA’s planned Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) as Ames Research Center in…

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Diane Malarik

Diane began her NASA career as a shadow student at NASA Glenn Research Center in 1983, as part of a…

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Apurva Varia

Apurva Varia

Mission Operations Director for Parker Solar Probe and Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), and Deputy Mission Operations Director Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…

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Margaret Hamilton

Computer Scientist - MIT

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Albert Joey Jefferson

Flight Systems Engineer - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

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Andrew Andy Shaner

Public Engagement Lead - Lunar and Planetary Institute

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Molly Wasser

Outreach Coordinator - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Eric De Jong (1947-2017)

Planetary Scientist

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Renee Weber

Planetary Scientist - Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

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Jaron Edsitty

Student - Navajo Technical University

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Paul Mahaffy

Planetary Scientist

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Angela Melito

Deputy Chief Safety and Mission Assurance Officer - NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center

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Mehdi Benna

Planetary Scientist - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Don Boroson

System Engineer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL)

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Brian Lewis

Systems Engineer - NASA Ames Research Center

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Richard Elphic standing next to a prototype lunar rover in the desert.

Richard Elphic

Project Scientist - LADEE Mission

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Mihaly Horanyi

Principal Investigator - onboard the LADEE Mission

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John McCormick

Integration and Test Manager

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Gregory Delory

Deputy Project Scientist - NASA Ames Research Institute

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Charles Hall (1920 – 1999)

Project Manager - NASA Ames Research Center

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Joan Salute

Program Executive - NASA Headquarters

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David S. McKay (1936-2013)

Chief Scientist - NASA Johnson Space Center

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Brian Day

Education and Public Outreach Lead - NASA Ames Research Center

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Maria Zuber

Geophysicist - E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Christine Floss

Research Professor

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Catherine Neish

Assistant Professor - Florida Institute of Technology

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Nadine Barlow (1958-2020)

Professor of Physics and Astronomy - Northern Arizona University

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Sarah Noble

Planetary Geologist

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Rachel Klima

Scientist - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL)

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David Kring

Senior Staff Scientist - LPI-JSC

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A portrait photo of NASA scientist Barbara Cohen. She's standing in front of a body of water and wearing an hat.

Barbara Cohen

Planetary Scientist - Marshalll Space Flight Center (MSFC)

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Susan Niebur (1973-2012)

Astrophysicist

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Yvonne Pendleton

Director - Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute

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Paul Spudis

Lunar Geologist - Lunar and Planetary Institute

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Gordon Johnston

Program Executive (Retired) - NASA Headquarters

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Craig Tooley

Project Manager - Goddard Space Flight Center

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John Bresina

Computer Scientist

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Charles Karl Hibbitts

Scientist - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Glenn Light

Director, Department of Sensor Systems and Nondestructive Evaluation - Southwest Research Institute

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Al Hibbs (1924-2003)

Scientist, "The Voice of JPL" - "The Voice of JPL"

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Phil Davis has a full beard and is wearing a Long Beach baseball cap in this portrait.

Phillips Phil Davis

Editor-at-Large

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Gerard Kuiper (1905 – 1973)

Astronomer - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

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Dr. Jim Green

NASA Chief Scientist (Retired) - NASA Headquarters

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Alan Stern

Scientist

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