Teams

Pictured left: 2018 Team Photo at JPL. Download | Pictured right: 2017 Team Photo at Lockheed Martin. Download
The InSight team is comprised of scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines and is a unique collaboration between countries and organizations around the world. The science team includes co-investigators from the U.S., France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
While numerous individuals make vital contributions without which this mission could not occur, key team members include:
Mission Team |
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Project Manager | Tom Hoffman | |
Principal Investigator | Bruce Banerdt | |
Deputy Principal Investigator | Suzanne Smrekar | |
Landing Site Lead | Matt Golombek | |
Project System Engineer | Jason Willis | |
Deputy Project System Engineer | Michael Lisano | |
Safety and Mission Assurance Manager | Linda Facto | |
Flight Systems Manager | Charles Scott | |
Flight Systems System Engineer | Brian Bone | |
Spacecraft Manager | Stuart Spath | |
EDL System Lead | Rob Grover | |
Payload Manager | Tom Hoffman | |
SEIS Delivery Manager | Brian Bone | |
Payload System Engineer | Jonathan Grinblat | |
SEIS Project Manager | Philippe Laudet | |
HP3 Project Manager | Judit Jaenchen | |
Mission Manager | Rick Welch | |
Deputy Mission Manager | Tim Weise | |
Deputy Mission Manager | Fernando Abilleira | |
Navigation Team Chief | Allen Halsell | |
Mission Operations System Engineer | Pauline Hwang | |
Ground Data System Manager | Kyran Owen-Mankovich | |
Business Manager | Tiffany Daleo | |
Project Schedule Analyst | Michael Williams | |
At NASA Headquarters |
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Program Executive | Ramon DePaula | |
Program Manager | Richard Turner | |
Program Scientist | Robert Fogel | |
Investigation Leads |
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Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) |
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France |
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Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) | Tilman Spohn Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center(Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR), Germany |
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Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE) | Bill Folkner NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA |