Steven W. Squyres (born 1957) is a professor of astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences, with a focus on large solid bodies in the solar system such as the terrestrial planets and the moons of the Jovian planets. Squyres is principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. He is also a former student of the late Carl Sagan. He was the recipient of the 2004 Carl Sagan Memorial Award. Wikipedia
Cornell University, NASA's JPL and Bill Nye present the next mission to the planet Mars: Athena in 2003. Images, at-home experiments for kids and lesson plans compliment details of mission goals and payload. athena.cornell.edu/news/mubss/
With the success of twin rovers on the Red Planet, Steven W. Squyres and his team are showing how to conduct robotic missions--and setting the stage for human exploration www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000B5749-67A2-1150-A5...
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