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.
Matthew Reinhart
Program Manager
Andrew Rivkin
Planetary Astronomer
James Roberts
Planetary Geophysicist
Kirby Runyon
Planetary Geomorphologist
Kyle Ryan
Optical Engineer; Systems Engineer
Abigail Rymer
Space Physicist
Robert Schaefer
Aeronomer; Astrophysicist
John Scherrer
Project Manager
Frank Seelos
Planetary Scientist
Kimberly Seelos
Planetary geologist; Spectroscopist
Helmut Seifert
PROGRAM MANAGER
Deane Sibol
computer scientist
Mikhail Sitnov
Space Physicist
Howard Smith
Space Physicist
Edmond Smith
Scientific Analyst/Developer; Physicist