Edward Carroll Stone (also known as Edward C. Stone) (b. 1936) is a professor of physics at Caltech, space scientist, and former director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).[1][2]
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Stone came to Caltech as a research fellow in 1964 after earning his MS and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. He was named professor of physics in 1976, and was chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy from 1983 to 1988. He was director of the Space Radiation Laboratory at Caltech and has also served the Institute as Vice President for Astronomical Facilities.
His connection to space goes back to his first cosmic-ray experiments on Discoverer satellites in 1961. Since then, he has been principal investigator on nine NASA spacecraft missions and coinvestigator on five more. As Project Scientist for the spectacular Voyager spacecraft missions to the outer Solar System since 1972, and a major spokesman for the Voyager Science Team, he became especially well known to the public in the 1980s.
He was the director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California from 1991 to 2001. During his tenure at JPL, the Mars Pathfinder and its Sojourner rover were viewed on TV by large audiences. Other JPL missions in the period included Mars Global Surveyor, Deep Space 1, TOPEX/Poseidon, NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT)[3] and the launches of Cassini, Stardust, and 2001 Mars Odyssey.
He is now a vice president of the Institute and the Morrisroe Professor of Physics.[4]
He was the recipient of the 1999 Carl Sagan Memorial Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
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