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Steve Squyres
Steve Squyres

Steven W. Squyres (born 1957) is a professor of astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central 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. Planetary science, also known as planetology and closely related to planetary astronomy, is the Science of Planets or Planetary systems The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. Squyres is principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER). A principal investigator ( PI) is the lead Scientist for a particular well-defined science (or other academic project such as an astronomical observing NASA 's Mars Exploration Rover ( MER) Mission is an ongoing robotic mission of exploring Mars, that began in 2003 with the sending of He is also a former student of the late Carl Sagan. Carl Edward Sagan ( November 9 1934 &ndash December 20 1996) was an American Astronomer, astrochemist, author He was the recipient of the 2004 Carl Sagan Memorial Award. The Carl Sagan Memorial Award is an award presented jointly by the American Astronautical Society (AAS and the Planetary Society to an individual or group with outstanding He is the brother of Academy Award-nominated film editor Tim Squyres. Tim Squyres (born in 1959) is an American Film editor. He has had an extensive collaboration with the renowned Taiwanese director

Squyres appeared on the June 7, 2006 episode of The Colbert Report to discuss Mars, MER, and his book Roving Mars : Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Colbert Report (/kolˈbɛr rəˈpɔr/&mdashthe t is silent in "Colbert" is a Peabody Award and Emmy Award winning American

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Education

Squyres was raised in the town of Wenonah in southern New Jersey. Wenonah is a Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. [1]

Squyres attended Gateway Regional High School in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey. Woodbury Heights is a Borough located in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. [2] He received his B.S. in Geology in 1978, his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1982, and then spent five years as a postdoctoral associate and research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center before returning to Cornell as a faculty member. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. NASA Ames Research Center (ARC is a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, which covers 43 acres at the borders of the cities of Mountain View He received the H. C. Urey Prize from the Planetary Division of the American Astronomical Society in 1987. The Harold C Urey Prize is awarded annually by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society (AAS sometimes pronounced "double-A-S" is a US society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science by the Franklin Institute. This article is about the science museum in Philadelphia For the Boston school see Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology.

NASA

Squyres has participated in many of NASA's planetary exploration missions, including the Voyager mission to Jupiter and Saturn, the Magellan to Venus, and the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program See also Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The Voyager program consists of a pair of unmanned scientific probes Voyager 1 and The Magellan spacecraft was a space probe sent to the planet Venus, the first post- Voyager unmanned spacecraft to be launched by NASA The VENUS ( V ictoria E xperimental N etwork U nder the S ea project is a cabled sea floor observatory operated by the University The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M Along with his work on MER, he is also a co-investigator on the 2003 Mars Express and 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter missions, a member of the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Flight Investigation Team for the Mars Odyssey mission, and a member of the imaging team for the Cassini to Saturn. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mars Express is a Space exploration mission being conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NASA 's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ( MRO) is a multipurpose Spacecraft designed to conduct Reconnaissance and exploration of Mars Gamma rays (denoted as &gamma) are a form of Electromagnetic radiation or light emission of frequencies produced by sub-atomic particle interactions A spectrometer is an Optical instrument used to measure properties of Light over a specific portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum, typically used 2001 Mars Odyssey is a Robotic spacecraft Orbiting the planet Mars. Cassini–Huygens is a joint NASA / ESA / ASI Robotic spacecraft mission currently studying the planet Saturn and its Squyres recently served as Chair of the NASA Space Science Advisory Committee and as a member of the NASA Advisory Council. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program

ABC News has featured Squyres as Person of the Week for January 9, 2004, and was noted by anchor Peter Jennings on World News Tonight that he "has gotten us all excited". This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated [3] Squyres was also given the 2005 Wired Rave Award for science by Wired for overseeing the creation of Spirit and Opportunity that have, at the time, lasted thirteen times longer than expected (1174 vs. Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 90 martian days). [4]

He has written a book called Roving Mars : Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet (published August 2005; ISBN 1-4013-0149-5). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also, the IMAX production Roving Mars was a film made from the book. (Disney).

He was interviewed on 60 Minutes: "The Next Giant Leap For Mankind - 60 Minutes Reports On NASA's Plans To Return Men To The Moon In Preparation For A Manned Flight To Mars" on Sunday, April 6, 2008. [5]

Mars Science Laboratory

Squyres has said in an interview that he will not be the principal investigator for the Mars Science Laboratory, due to launch in 2009, as he did not want to be away from his family again for a long period (as happened during the Mars Exploration Rover Mission). The Mars Science Laboratory ( MSL) is a NASA rover scheduled to be launched on September 15, 2009 and perform the first ever This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. [2]

References

  1. ^ Riordan, Kevin. "Mars mission's lead scientist saw stars long ago", The Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ), 2004-01-20. The Courier-Post is a daily Newspaper in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey, United States. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Retrieved on 2006-12-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St  
  2. ^ Mars Exploration: Zip Code Mars. Accessed June 13, 2007. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  3. ^ Person of the Week
  4. ^ The 2005 Wired Rave Awards
  5. ^ [1]

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