Edward C. Stone

American space scientist (1936-2024) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88

Edward Carroll Stone Jr. was an American space physicist, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, and director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 1991 to 2001.

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2024Died9 June 20242022Honorary MemberAward2014NASA Distinguished Public Service MedalAward2006NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement MedalAward2001NASA Distinguished Service MedalAward1999Allan D. Emil Memorial AwardAward1998Honorary DegreeAward1995NASA Outstanding Leadership MedalAward1992Honorary DegreeAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ChicagoAward1991National Medal of ScienceAward1986NASA Outstanding Leadership MedalAward1983Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAward1980Richtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward1975Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1936Born23 January 1936

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Stone (front row, second from left) at the Voyager first science meeting, 1972

Stone during a press conference in the 1980s

Stone with a Voyager model in 1992

Stone in 2019

Ed Stone and Voyager mission team members gave a framed copy of an iconic Voyager 1 solar system image that includes Earth as a "Pale Blue Dot" to President George H. W. Bush on June 7, 1990.

Awards

Honorary Member2022

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy2019

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal2014

Howard Hughes Memorial Award2013

NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal2006

Theodore von Kármán Award2003

NASA Distinguished Service Medal2001

Carl Sagan Memorial Award1999

Allan D. Emil Memorial Award1999

NASA Distinguished Service Medal1998

Honorary Degree1998

Space Flight Award1996

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal1995

Honorary Degree1992

Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics1992

Magellanic Premium1992

Honorary Doctor of Harvard University1992

Honorary Doctor of the University of Chicago1992

National Medal of Science1991

Golden Plate Award1990

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal1986

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal1985

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union1983

NASA Distinguished Service Medal1981

NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal1980

Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award1980

Fellow of the American Physical Society1975

About this person

He was the project scientist of the Voyager program, which sent two spacecraft to the outer Solar System's giant planets and became the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space.

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United States