The Mars Team
Read about the day-to-day activities of the Mars team
members in a series of Field
Journals.
Overall Mars Mission Management
Donna Shirley: former
manager, Mars Exploration Program
Mark Adler: Mars Exploration Program
architect
In Memory of Mary Kaye Olsen: program
manager Mars Global Surveyor and Surveyor Operations Project
Current missions
Mars Surveyor Operations Project
Systems Engineering and Mission Planning
Wayne Lee: mission planner, Mars operations
Charles Whetsel: chief project engineer
Spacecraft Navigation
Dan Johnston: trajectory and
aerobraking design analyst, MGS Operations Project
ACEs: The people who control the spacecraft by coordinating with
the Deep Space Network to receive telemetry and send commands.
Kyle Martin: real-time operations
lead
Rich Hogen: mission operations
Charles Whetsel: spacecraft systems
(part-time)
Deep Space Network
Dwight Holmes: ground network capacity
Scientists and Researchers
Greg Neumann: lead altimetry analyst,
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
Ken Edgett: scientist, Thermal Emission
Spectrometer and Camera
Wendy Calvin: research scientist,
co-investigator
Jeff Plescia: research scientist/planetary
geologist
Geoff Briggs: scientific director,
NASA Ames' Center for Mars Exploration
Bill Sjogren: Gravity Experiment
principal investigator
Bruce Jakosky: interdisciplinary
scientist
Peter Thomas: research scientist
Mike Malin: camera systems principal
investigator
Robert Haberle: Mars atmosphere
interdisciplinary scientist
Phil Christensen: Thermal Emission
Spectrometer principal investigator
Mike Mellon: planetary scientist
D.C. Golden: principal scientist
Jack Farmer: exobiologist
Ted Roush: planetary scientist
Jim Murphy: meteorologist and research
scientist
Mars Education and Outreach
Anita Dodson: graphics communicator
John Moreau: librarian/archivist
Mary Urquhart: grad student and
research assistant
Hubble Space Telescope Mars Team
Steve Lee: surface expert
Mars Surveyor '98
- Mars Climate Orbiter
- Mars Polar Lander
Jim Bell: astronomer
Wendy Calvin: research scientist,
co-investigator, orbiter
Jeff Plescia: research scientist/planetary
geologist
Peter Thomas: orbiter and lander
Mike Malin: orbiter and lander
Peter Smith: lander camera
Mars Surveyor '01
- Orbiter
- Lander
- Rover (Athena)
Jim Bell: astronomer
Jennifer Harris: lead integration
and test engineer, rover
Stephen Gorevan: robotic drill project
manager, rover
Phil Christensen: THEMIS instrument,
orbiter
Cesar Sepulveda: optical engineer,
rover
Future Mars Exploration
Steve Wall: Advanced Projects Design
team leader, future Mars exploration
Past missions
Mars Pathfinder
Mission Management
Matt Golombek: project scientist
Tony Spear: project manager lander
mission
Systems Engineering and Mission Planning
Wayne Lee : mission planner, Mars
operations
Tim Gallagher : camera control
electronics designer
Bridget Landry: deputy uplink systems
engineer
Rob Manning: flight system chief
engineer
Operations
Matt Wallace: operations, Rover
Richard Cook: flight operations manager
Steven Stolper: flight software
engineer
Guy Beutelschies: test director
Christopher Salvo: flight engineer
David Mittman: mission planner
Spacecraft Navigation
Pieter Kallemeyn: navigation
team leader
Scientists and Researchers
Nathan Bridges: planetary geologist
Jim Bell: astronomer
Tim Schofield: Atmospheric Structure
Investigation / Meteorology experiment science team leader
Peter Smith: camera designer and spectroscopist
Greg Wilson: planetary geologist
Jeff Plescia: research scientist/planetary
geologist
D.C. Golden: principal scientist
Jack Farmer: exobiologist
Ted Roush: planetary scientist
Jim Murphy: meteorologist and research
scientist
Mars Education and Outreach
Cheick Diarra: manager Mars Exploration
Program Education and Public Outreach Office for Pathfinder
Anita Dodson: graphics communicator
John Moreau: librarian/archivist
Mary Urquhart: grad student and
research assistant
Note: The people listed above are those who agreed to participate
in Mars Team Online. There are many more people who comprise the
overall Mars team.
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