Lyman, Peter T., 1930-

Peter Tompkins Lyman was born on February 9, 1930 in Berkeley, California. After serving seven years in the Merchant Marine, Lyman earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, a master of engineering in naval architecture, and in 1963 a doctorate in mechanical engineering, all from the University of California at Berkeley.

Lyman joined JPL in 1963, and worked for fifteen years on Mars missions, including Mariner 1964, Mariner 1969, and Viking. He served as Cognizant Engineer for Low-Gain Antenna Dampers for Mariner Mars 1964, Spacecraft Performance Analysis and Control (SPAC) Director for Mariner Mars 1969, and was Viking's director of Spaceflight Performance and Flight Path Analysis.

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