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Profiles
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Physicist Dr. Jean Dickey
The television program "As the World Turns" is an apt description for JPL physicist Dr. Jean Dickey's line of work: observing Earth's rotation and the factors that affect it.
November 14, 2003 |
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Robotics Engineer Dr. Ayanna Howard
In this video profile, Dr. Ayanna Howard takes us to JPL's Mars Yard and more as she describes how engineers design and test future rovers for Mars.
August 21, 2003 |
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Interferometer Systems Manager Dr. Gary Blackwood
In this video profile, Dr. Gary Blackwood explains how this future mission will look for signs of other worlds like ours.
July 11, 2003 |
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Electrical Engineer Karreem Hogan
Karreem Hogan is an electrical engineer participating in an academic program at JPL.
June 30, 2003 |
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Planetary Geophysicist Dr. Suzanne Smrekar
In this video profile, JPL's Dr. Suzanne Smrekar studies gravity's effects on Earth and other planets.
May 15, 2003 |
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Astronomer and Planet-Hunter Geoff Marcy
Leading planet-hunter Geoff Marcy predicts the discovery of another Earth within a decade.
April 9, 2003 |
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Spaceflight Operations Engineer David Doody
David Doody has been flying spacecraft since he was 5. Well, sort of flying them.
April 3, 2003 |
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Mission Operations Assurance Manager Sara Hyman
If the producers of Jeopardy do call Sara Hyman, who recently passed the game show's qualifying tests, she won't be expecting anything related to her job to turn up as a category.
March 4, 2003 |
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Solar System Ambassador Angel Sanabria
Whether he is talking to children or adults, Solar System Ambassador Angel Sanabria knows how to capture everybody's imagination about the wonders of space.
February 14, 2003 |
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What secrets do comets hold?
In this video profile 'First Person,' JPL's Dr. Claudia Alexander explains what we hope to learn from these dirty ice balls.
January 31, 2003 |
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Geophysicist Dr. Anne Kahle
A pioneer in remote sensing, Dr. Anne Kahle has helped develop several innovative instruments that observe Earth from space.
January 15, 2003 |
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What's the shape of robots in the future?
In this video profile 'First Person,' JPL engineer Alberto Behar tests robotic technologies in the remote ice fields
of Antarctica.
December 19, 2002 |
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Robert Hogg, Engineering Robots of the Future
In just five years at JPL, Hogg has already worked on some of the latest robotic vehicles to explore our own planet and beyond.
December 18, 2002 |
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Sophia Malloy, Mission Planner and Sequence Engineer
Sophia Malloy learned how to run a tight ship during her years in the military. Those skills are put to good use as a mission planner for two ocean-observing satellites. December 6, 2002 |
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How Do We study the Distant Universe?
In this video profile 'First Person,' Caltech astrophysicist Dr. Michelle Thaller
discusses methods astronomers use to study stars and galaxies.
November 15, 2002 |
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A Conversation with Dr. Moustafa Chahine
Dr. Moustafa Chahine is the science team leader on a suite of instruments that will measure Earth's atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles with high accuracy.
November 12, 2002 |
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Student's Curiosity Leads to Discovery
College senior Elizabeth Lester's work on a device to detect bacterial spores contributed to the new biohazard detector.
October 23, 2002 |
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Art Chmielewski on A.I. and Space Tech
In this video profile 'First Person,' Art Chmielewski, project manager for New Millennium project ST6, discusses artificial intelligence and new technologies for NASA spacecraft.
October 21, 2002 |
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Dr. Ayanna Howard, JPL's Bionic Woman
Howard is JPL's own bionic woman who, at the moment, is helping develop an advanced Entry, Descent and Landing software application that can look at virtual terrain on Mars.
August 8, 2002 |
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Dr. Robert Crippen, Geologist and Geographer
Dr. Robert Crippen expects the Grand Canyon to be delivered to his office any day. June 7, 2002 |
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Belinda Arroyo, Deep Space Network Allocation and Planning Team
So many spacecraft - so little time - tracking time, that is. Negotiating tracking time is what Belinda Arroyo's team does for a living. |
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Dr. Edward Olsen, Astronomer and Earth Scientist
Edward Olsen started his science career as an astronomer looking outward at the universe, but now he has turned his focus in the other direction - inward towards Earth. |
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David Charbonneau, Planet Hunter
Although the planets found so far outside our solar system are incapable of supporting life as we know it, the detection of those elusive, small Earth-like worlds may be closer than you think, according to Caltech's David Charbonneau. |
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Bob Mase, Mars Odyssey Navigator
Caught unawares, Odyssey lead navigator Bob Mase mumbled "what?" when he learned that he and the Odyssey navigation team had won one of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine's annual Laurel awards. |
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Charlie Kohlhase, long-time mission manager
After spending a career in planetary exploration, Charley Kohlhase dreams not of the past, but of the future. What does he envision someday? Humans living on Mars, continuing to study the planet in great detail. |
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Steve Alfery, Acquisitions for Mars Rovers
No banks, stock exchanges or other financial institutions are known to exist on Mars. So how does a business and economics graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara end up in a key role on a mission to the red planet? |
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Dr. Joy Crisp, Project Scientist
Tucked away in a prefab trailer office at JPL, Dr. Joy Crisp is helping plan NASA's next mission to Mars. As project scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, she's ramping up for the twin rovers' expected landing in 2004.
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Alfonso Feria, Mechanical Engineer
How do scientists communicate with spacecraft millions of miles from Earth? With the help of engineers like Alfonso Feria. |
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Conan Viernes, Electrical Engineer
A knack for science and math led Conan Viernes from the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington State to an engineering position at JPL. |
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Rosaly Lopes, Volcanologist Studying Io
Dr. Rosaly Lopes is on the team for one of the Galileo instruments that has returned information about active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. |
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Lloyd French, Engineer and Underwater Explorer.
For JPL engineer Lloyd French, going scuba diving was just part of a day's work when he was asked to develop an underwater probe. |
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Sister Clarice's Passion for Education.
Sister Clarice Lolich is a Dominican nun in the Community of the Holy Spirit, a space-science education specialist, and a retired NASA consultant. |
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Eilene Theilig, Jupiter Explorer.
Theilig leads NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter. |
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Thomas Valdez, Chemical Engineer.
Valdez works on a range of electrochemical technologies, and he is deeply involved in fuel cell research. |
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Mark Helmlinger, Earth Scientist
Mark Helmlinger travels to remote corners of the world to study data from an instrument orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth. |
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Andrea Donnellan, Geophysicist Exploring Earth
Donnellan is one of JPL's movers and shakers in Earth science, keeping tabs on seismic activity, particularly in frozen terrain. |
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Talking Technology with Ann Devereaux
Devereaux discusses the Wireless Augmented Reality Prototype (WARP) which astronauts may one day use in space. |
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Dr. Ed Stone, Solar System Explorer
Dr. Stone, JPL's director since 1991, is stepping down on May 1. During his tenure, the Laboratory has overseen 15 missions for NASA. |
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George Pace, 2001 Mars Odyssey Project
Pace manages JPL's next interplanetary mission, the 2001 Mars Odyssey, shown here during launch preparations at the Kennedy Space Center. |
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Shonte Wright, Thermal Engineer
Wright works on a variety of JPL missions, making sure spacecraft perform efficiently in space. |
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Dr. Alberto Behar, Antarctic Explorer
Behar serves as JPL's chief engineer on the Antarctic Ice Borehole Probe Project. |
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Bobby Williams, NEAR Navigator
Williams, head of the navigation team, guided the NEAR spacecraft to a soft landing on asteroid Eros. |
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Dr. Jim Fanson, Galactic Explorer
Fanson manages a mission that is part of JPL's quest to explore beyond our solar system and look far into the universe. |
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