James Van Allen

scientific instrument package (Rockoon).
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Space Scientist
Year born: 1914
Occupation: Space Scientist
Year born: 1914
Occupation: Project Manager, Professor
Year born: 1955
Research Areas: Engineering, Planetary Exploration
Occupation: Planetary Geologist
Year born: 1921
Research Areas: Meteorites, Moon Rocks
Occupation: Astronomer & Planetary Scientist
Year born: 1905
Research Areas: Atmospheres and Moons
Occupation: Planetary Scientist
Year born: 1959
Research Areas: Jupiter’s Moons, Comets
"I feel like a modern-day explorer; the last frontier is space"
Occupation: Space Scientist and Science Communicator
Year born: 1968
Occupation: Astrophysicist, Author, TV presenter
Year born: 1934
Research Areas: Extraterrestrial Life, Planetary Science
Occupation: Professor of Physics
Research Areas: Imaging and Sensing, Conservation, Science and Art
"I’m working on the boundary between optical imaging and history… physics and history are the two things that I love."
Occupation: Astronomer, Anthropologist and Author
Year born: 1938
Research Areas: Archaeoastronomy, Ancient Astronomy in the Americas, Mayans