Michael Watkins chosen as next director of JPL
MAY 04, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029795
Los Angeles Times : On Monday, Charles Elachi, the current director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), announced that Michael Watkins will succeed him beginning 1 July. Watkins, a 22-year veteran of JPL, is currently the director of the Center for Space Research at the University of Texas at Austin. While at JPL, Watkins served as mission manager for the Martian rover Curiosity and project manager for the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) missions. He was also manager of the lab’s science division and chief scientist for the engineering and science directorate.
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