# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-worden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:14:51.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-worden"
name: "Pete Worden"
slug: "pete-worden"
description: "Simon Peter Worden is formerly the director of NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC) at Moffett Field, California, until his retirement on March 31, 2015. Prior to joining NASA, he held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a recognized expert on space issues – both civil and military. Worden has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in astrophysics, space sciences, and strategic studies. He served as a scientific co-investigator for two NASA space science missions, and received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for the 1994 Clementine mission. He was named the 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium Laboratory Director of the Year."
tagline: "Head of NASA Amese Research centre"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pete_Worden_official_NASA_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1949-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump