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MAVEN team at Goddard Space Flight Center for Critical Design Review

The MAVEN team at the Critical Design Review in July 2011. Several hundred additional scientists, engineers, and support personnel are contributing to the success of MAVEN, but were not present at the review. (Courtesy MAVEN)

The MAVEN mission is part of NASA’s Mars Scout Program, funded by NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

Project Leadership

Project leadership for the MAVEN mission is provided by members of the University of Colorado Boulder/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), the University of California, Berkeley/Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).

  • Bruce Jakosky, Principal Investigator (LASP)
  • Robert Lin, Deputy Principal Investigator (SSL)
  • David F. Mitchell, Project Manager (GSFC)
  • Don Carson, Deputy Project Manager (GSFC)
  • Sandra Cauffman, Deputy Project Manager (GSFC)
  • Susan Sparacino, Deputy Project Manager/Resources (GSFC)
  • Joe Grebowsky, Project Scientist (GSFC)

Instrument and Science Team

The Particles and Fields Package (P&F), built by SSL with support from LASP and GSFC, contains six instruments that will characterize the solar wind and the ionosphere of the planet. The Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), in Toulouse, France, will provide a sensor for the SWEA instrument.

  • Robert Lin, Particles and Fields Package Co-Investigator (SSL)
  • Dave Curtis, Particles and Fields Package Manager (SSL)

Solar Wind Electron Analyzer (SWEA)

  • David L. Mitchell, Instrument Lead (SSL)
  • Christian Mazelle (IRAP)
  • Jean-Andre Savaud (IRAP)
  • Dominique Toublanc (IRAP)

Solar Wind Ion Analyzer (SWIA)

  • Jasper Halekas, Instrument Lead (SSL)

Suprathermal and Thermal Ion Composition (STATIC)

  • Jim McFadden, Instrument Lead (SSL)
  • Bill Peterson (LASP)
  • Francois Leblanc (IRAP)

Solar Energetic Particle (SEP)

  • Davin Larson, Instrument Lead (SSL)
  • Rob Lillis (SSL)

Langmuir Probe and Waves (LPW)

  • Bob Ergun, Instrument Lead (LASP)
  • Greg Delory (SSL)
  • Laila Andersson (LASP)
  • Frank Eparvier (LASP)
  • Tom Woods (LASP)
  • Phil Chamberlin (LASP)
  • Anders Eriksson (Swedish Institute of Space Physics)

Magnetometer (MAG)

  • Jack Connerney, Instrument Lead (GSFC)
  • Jared Espley (GSFC)

The Remote Sensing Package, built by LASP, will determine global characteristics of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere.

  • Mark Lankton, Remote Sensing Package Manager (LASP)
  • Bill McClintock, Remote Sensing Package Co-Investigator (LASP)

Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS)

  • Nick Schneider, Instrument Lead (LASP)
  • Ian Stewart (LASP)
  • Erik Richard (LASP)
  • John Clarke (Boston University)
  • Franck Montmessin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

The Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS), provided by GFSC, will measure the composition and isotopes of neutral ions.

  • Paul Mahaffy, Instrument Lead (GSFC)
  • Todd King, NGIMS Manager (GSFC)
  • Wayne Kasprzak (GSFC)
  • Mehdi Benna (GSFC)

Atmospheric Advisory Group

  • Richard Zurek, Lead (JPL)
  • Bob Tolson (National Institute of Aerospace)
  • Darren Baird (Johnson Space Center)

Interdisciplinary Scientists

  • Tom Cravens (University of Kansas)
  • David Brain (LASP)
  • Xiaohua Fang (LASP)
  • Jane Fox (Wright State University)
  • Roger Yelle (University of Arizona)
  • Andy Nagy (University of Michigan)

Institutional Partners

The University of Colorado Boulder/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) will coordinate the science team, science operations and data management, management for the Remote Sensing Package, and will provide the IUVS and LPW instruments.

  • Bill Possel, Science Operations Center (SOC)
  • Alex DeWolfe, Science Data Center Manager
  • Michelle Kelley, SOC Operations
  • Jerel Moffatt, SOC Operational Software

The University of California, Berkeley/Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) will provide management for the P&F Package, and will provide the STATIC, SEP, SWIA, SWEA instruments, the probes and booms for the LPW, and the P&F Data Processing Unit. LASP and SSL will lead the Education & Public Outreach activities.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will manage the project and provide mission systems engineering, mission design, safety and mission assurance, and the MAG and NGIMS instruments.

  • Amy Aqueche, Contracting Officer
  • Belinda Barker, Project Support Manager
  • Bob Bartlett, Planetary Protection & Instrument Systems Engineer
  • Oscar Cheatom, Chief Safety & Mission Assurance
  • Chris Derkacz, Scheduler
  • Dave Folta, Mission Design and Navigation lead
  • Carlos Gomez-Rosa, Operations Manager
  • Ben Hall, Resources Analyst
  • Martin Houghton, Mission Systems Engineer
  • Tom Jackson, Software Systems Engineer
  • Mark Jarosz, Observatory Manager
  • Nick Jedrich, Instrument System Manager
  • Bob Kozon, Operations Manager
  • Ken Lee, Resources Analyst
  • Jim Morrissey, Launch Vehicle Interface Manager
  • Jean Plants, Financial Manager
  • Kristina Safdie, Requirements Manager
  • Anna Schmidt, Configuration Manager
  • Ramona Truss, Earned Value Management

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LM), based in Bethesda, Md., will develop the spacecraft, conduct assembly, test and launch operations, and provide mission operations at their Littleton, Colorado facility.

  • Guy Beutelschies, Flight Systems Manager
  • Tim Priser, Chief Systems Engineer
  • Stasia Habenicht, Payload Accommodations lead
  • Scott Allen, Electrical Systems Engineering
  • Olivia Billett, Software Systems Engineering
  • Dale Bills, Avionics Manager
  • Dave Buecher, Mechanisms
  • Bud Cook, Subcontracts
  • Jeff Coyne, Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations
  • Larry Ellis, Software Manager
  • Tim Fischer, Propulsion
  • Jessica Hahn, Testbeds
  • Janet Hatstat, Ground Software
  • Dave Hirsch, Flight Software
  • Terri Hodgson, Finance
  • Dale Howell, Guidance, Navigation, & Control
  • Sandra Freund Kaspar, Fault Protection
  • Steve Knopp, Planning
  • Pat Langley, Requirements and Verification
  • Doug Leland, Electrical Power
  • Chuck Love, Mission Assurance
  • Tim Norick, Command and Data Handling
  • Dave Scholz, Structures
  • Bret Sharp, Thermal
  • Wayne Sidney, Mission Operations
  • Gina Signori, Telecommunications
  • Roger Thorn, Harness
  • Neil Tice, Mechanical Manager
  • Chris Waters, System Design Lead
  • Kyle Wille, Contracts

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., will navigate the spacecraft, and provide the Deep Space Network and an Electra telecommunications relay package.

  • Larry Epp, Electra Task Manager
  • Kris Bruvold, Electra Product Delivery Manager
  • Stuart Demcak, Mission Design and Navigation

The Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, will provide oversight of spacecraft integration and launch operations. MAVEN will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket.

  • Chuck Tatro, Mission Manager, Launch Services Program

NASA Headquarters

  • Doug McCuistion, Director, Mars Exploration Program
  • Michael Meyer, Lead Mars Scientist
  • Lisa May, Program Executive, Mars Exploration Program
  • Mary Mellott, Program Scientist
  • Kelly Fast, Program Scientist

Mars Program Office (JPL)

  • Fuk Li, Mars Exploration Program Manager
  • Roger Gibbs, Mars Exploration Program Deputy Director
  • Peter Doms, Mission Manager

Education & Public Outreach/Public Affairs Office

  • Stephanie Renfrow, Education & Public Outreach lead (LASP)
  • Laura Peticolas, Education & Public Outreach co-lead (SSL)
  • Nancy Neal Jones, Public Affairs lead (GSFC)
  • Tom Mason, Webmaster/Social Media Outreach (LASP)