Neil Degrasse Tyson

Neil Degrasse Tyson

male, 51 years old
Neil deGrasse Tyson (b. October 5, 1958 in New York City) is an African American astrophysicist and, since 1996, the Frederick P. Rose Director of...
Guy Consolmagno

Guy Consolmagno

male, 57 years old
Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ (born September 19 1952 in Detroit, Michigan), is an American research astronomer and planetary scientist at the...
Carolyn Porco

Carolyn Porco

female
Carolyn C. Porco is an American planetary scientist and the leader of the imaging science team on the Cassini mission <sup>,<;/sup> <sup>,<;/sup>...
Friedrich Hopfner

Friedrich Hopfner

male, deceased (1949)
Friedrich Hopfner was an Austrian geodesist, geophysicist and planetary scientist. As an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Empire he began his...
Fred Lawrence Whipple

Fred Lawrence Whipple

male, deceased (2004)
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing an influential paper (published in "Astrophysical Journal " from...
Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

male, deceased (1997)
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 - July 18, 1997) was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science. Born in Los...
Alan Stern

Alan Stern

male
S. Alan Stern is the Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Formerly a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, he...
Ed Stone

Ed Stone

male
Edward C. Stone is a professor of physics at Caltech. He has been the project scientist of the Voyager spacecraft since 1972. He was the director...
Chad Trujillo

Chad Trujillo

male, 36 years old
Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973), is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris. Trujillo works with computer...
David J. Stevenson

David J. Stevenson

male, 61 years old
David J. Stevenson (born September 2,1948) is a professor of planetary science at Caltech. Originally from New Zealand, he received his Ph.D. from...