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.
Barry Mauk
Space Physicist
Erin May
Exoplanet Astronomer
Laura Mayorga
Exoplanet Astronomer
Viacheslav Merkin
Space physicist
Heather Meyer
Planetary Geologist
Richard Miller
Astrophysicist; Nuclear physicist; Planetary scientist
Donald Mitchell
Instrument Designer; Planetary magnetospheres Physicist; Heliospheric Physicist
Parisa Mostafavi
Space physicist
Scott Murchie
Planetary geologist; Instrument principal investigator
A. Nair
Scientific Software Developer
Kenneth Newsome
Electrical Systems Engineer; Project Manager
Jorge Núñez
Planetary Scientist; Astrobiologist; Systems Engineer
Shin-ichi Ohtani
space physicist
Christopher Paranicas
Planetary Scientist
Gerald (Wes) Patterson
Planetary geologist