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 Civil Space 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.
Jorge Núñez
Planetary Scientist; Astrobiologist; Systems Engineer
Christopher Paranicas
Planetary Scientist
Gerald (Wes) Patterson
Planetary geologist
Larry Paxton
principal investigator; aeronomer; space scientist
Patrick Peplowski
Nuclear spectroscopist; Experimental nuclear physicist; Radiation physicist
Mark Perry
Planetary scientist
Jamie Porter
Radiation Effects; Spacecraft Charging Effects
Parvathy Prem
Planetary Scientist
Nour Raouafi
Astrophysicist
Andrew Rivkin
Planetary Astronomer
James Roberts
Planetary Geophysicist
Kirby Runyon
Planetary Geomorphologist
Robert Schaefer
Aeronomer; Astrophysicist