30-Year Veteran of JPL Is Chosen as Its Leader, 2001 Feb 1.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

Elachi, Charles, 1947-

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Charles Elachi (b. April 18, 1947, Rayak, Lebanon) is professor (emeritus) of electrical engineering and planetary science and later Vice President at the California Institute of Technology. He worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab beginning in 1970 and served as director from 2001-2016. Raised in Lebanon and educated in France and the California Institute of Technology. ...

McFarling, Usha Lee,

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