Mission Team
The Team for Jezero Crater : Members of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission pose at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the mission, on July 17, 2019. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Download image › The Mars 2020 Perseverance team is made up of scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines, with international participation from countries and organizations around the world. The science team includes principal investigators from the U.S., Spain, and Norway. While numerous individuals make vital contributions without which this mission could not occur, key team members include:
Mars 2020 Project Project Manager John B. McNamee Deputy Project Manager Matthew T. Wallace Deputy Project Manager / Surface Dev and Ops Jennifer Trosper Advisor to Project Management Gun-Shing Chen
At NASA Headquarters Program Executive George Tahu Program Scientist Mitchell Schulte
Science Office Project Scientist Ken Farley Deputy Project Scientist Ken Williford Deputy Project Scientist Katie Stack Morgan Science Office Manager Nicole Spanovich Assistant Science Office Manager Sarah Milkovich
Principal Investigators Mastcam-Z Jim Bell MEDA Jose Rodriguez-Manfredi MOXIE Michael Hecht PIXL Abigail Allwood RIMFAX Svein-Erik Hamran SHERLOC Luther Beegle SuperCam Roger Wiens
Returned Sample Science Leads Returned Sample Science Lead Tanja Bosak Returned Sample Science Lead Christopher Herd
Project System Engineering Project System Engineering Manager Rick Welch Deputy Project System Engineering Manager Kirk Breitenbach Project V&V Jennifer Maxwell
Chief Engineer Office Chief Engineer Adam Steltzner Deputy Chief Engineer Keith Comeaux Deputy Chief Engineer Soren Madsen Deputy Chief Engineer Jason Gates Deputy Chief Engineer Ian Clark
Flight System Flight Systems Manager Raymond Baker Assistant Flight Systems Manager Jeff Weiss ATLO Manager Dave Gruel Deputy ATLO Manager Art Thompson Testbeds Manager Eric Aguilar Deputy Testbeds Manager Arman Toorian Flight System Systems Engineer Lead Jessica Samuels Deputy Flight System Systems Engineer Lead Magdy Bareh
Surface Development Surface Development Office Manager Jennifer Trosper Deputy Surface Development Office Manager Arthur Amador Surface Systems Manager Jessica Samuels Deputy Surface Systems Manager Robert Hogg Surface Mission Operations Systems (MOS) Manager Pauline Hwang Instrument and Science Operations Manager Nicole Spanovich Assistant Surface Development Manager Michael Wilson Surface CE Richard Welch Deputy Surface CE Grace Tan-Wang Sample Caching System (SCS) Manager Keith Rosette Deputy Sample Cashing System Manager Matt Robinson Chief Mechanical Engineer Richard Rainen Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer Mohamed Abid Power / Pyro Armen Mnatsakanian
Launch, Cruise, Approach, EDL (LCAE) Flight Operations Launch, Cruise, Approach, EDL (LCAE) Mission Manager Keith Comeaux Launch, Cruise, Approach, EDL Deputy Mission Manager Fernando Abilleira Launch, Cruise & Approach Phase Lead John Essmiller Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Phase Lead Al Chen Cross-Cutting Phase Lead Magdy Bareh Cruise Operations Development Manager Arthur Amador Deputy Cruise Operations Development Manager Michael Wilson Navigation Team Chief Gerhard Kruizinga
Payload Payload Manager Soren Madsen Deputy Payload Manager Kevin Clark Payload System Engineer Joan Ervin
Mission Assurance Mission Assurance Manager Mark Underwood Deputy Mission Assurance Manager Cate Harris Assistant Mission Assurance Manager Michael Robinson Operations Mission Assurance Manager Rusty Woodall
Business / Administration Team Business Manager Todd Cetti Project Resource Analyst Lead Audrey Joya Project Schedule Analyst Lead Tim Clark Business Administration Manager Page Garcia Business Administrator Amy Dickinson Project Staff Assistant Monica Hopper Project Staff Assistant Victoria Sanchez
