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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Laura Mayorga

Laura Mayorga

Exoplanet Astronomer
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Richard Meitzler

Electrical Engineer, Subsystem Lead
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Stephanie Menten

Stephanie Menten

Planetary Scientist
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Viacheslav Merkin

Viacheslav Merkin

Space Physicist
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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

Parisa Mostafavi

Senior Space Physicist
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Scott Murchie

Planetary Geologist; Instrument Principal Investigator
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Sophie Musset

Sophie Musset

Solar Physicist
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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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