Space Exploration Sector

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Reaching Outer Space Starts With a Team That Goes Farther 

Imagine creating spacecraft and instruments that travel millions — sometimes billions — of miles to explore planets, moons, asteroids, and even the Sun. It’s what the people of APL get to do every day. And our success begins with our team’s passion and incomparable expertise. Meet the scientists, engineers, and other professionals who collaborate to expand humanity’s reach and knowledge.

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Heather Meyer

Planetary Geologist
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Wesley Millard

Electrical System Engineer; Frontier Radio Co-inventor
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Richard Miller

Astrophysicist; Nuclear Physicist; Planetary Scientist
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Donald Mitchell

Instrument Designer; Planetary Magnetospheres Physicist; Heliospheric Physicist
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Parisa Mostafavi

Space Physicist
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Scott Murchie

Planetary Geologist; Instrument Principal Investigator
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A. Hari Nair

Scientific Software Developer
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David Napolillo

Mechanical Design Engineer
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Kenneth Newsome

Electrical Systems Engineer; Project Manager
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Lillian Nguyen

Software Engineer
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Jorge Núñez

Planetary Scientists; Astrobiologist; Systems Engineer
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Colleen O'Shea

Scientific Software Developer
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Shin-ichi Ohtani

Space Physicist
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Christopher Paranicas

Planetary Scientist
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Gerald (Wes) Patterson

Planetary Geologist
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