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Donna Shirley

NASA employee · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1941 · age 85

Donna Lee Shirley is an American aerospace engineer, and former manager of Mars Exploration at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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2003Oklahoma Women's Hall of FameAward1998Holley MedalAward1997Women in Technology Hall of FameAward1941Born

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Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame2003
Holley Medal1998
Women in Technology Hall of Fame1997

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She is the author of the book Managing Martians: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman's Lifelong Quest to Get to Mars - and of the Team Behind the Space Robot That Has Captured the Imagination of the World.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
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Born 1941 · age 85