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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Kazue Takahashi

Kazue Takahashi

Magnetospheric Physicist
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Franklin Turner

Software Engineer
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Jordi Turner

Software Engineer; Mechanical Engineer
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Elizabeth Turtle

Elizabeth Turtle

Planetary Scientist
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Sasha Ukhorskiy

Sasha Ukhorskiy

Space Plasma Physicist
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Jon Vandegriff

Space Physics Data Scientist
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Steven Vernon

Mechanical Systems Group Supervisor; Launch Systems Engineer; NEPA and Nuclear Launch Approval Manager
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Ronald Vervack

Ronald Vervack

Planetary Scientist
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Christina Viviano

Planetary Geologist; Spectroscopist (VNIR/IR)
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Angelos Vourlidas

Angelos Vourlidas

Astrophysicist
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Dany Waller

Geophysicist; Software Engineer
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Harold Weaver

Planetary Scientist
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Maxwell Wieder

Systems Engineer
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Jordan Wiker

Electrical and Software Engineer
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