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.
Steven Pereira
Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance
Mark Perry
Planetary scientist
Michael Phillips
Planetary Geoscientist
Jeffrey Plescia
Planetary scientist; Geophysicist
Jamie Porter
Radiation Effects; Spacecraft Charging Effects
Parvathy Prem
Planetary Scientist
Joseph Pulkowski
Chief Engineer SII Group
Nour Raouafi
Astrophysicist
Matthew Reinhart
Program Area Manager
Edgard Rivera-Valentín
Planetary Scientist
Andrew Rivkin
Planetary Astronomer
James Roberts
Planetary Geophysicist
Kirby Runyon
Planetary Geomorphologist
Abigail Rymer
Space Physicist