Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who served as project scientist on NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared to do great things in space. He was a valued friend to all who knew him,… Read More »
Ed Stone, former JPL director and Voyager mission project scientist, in front of a model of one of the Voyager spacecraft. The gold plaque can be seen over his left shoulder. Credit – NASA/JPL Caltech STeve Synnott never forgot the day he let Ed Stone name the moon. The year was 1980, and Synnott was… Read More »
Ed Stone, the scientist who guided NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission to the outer planets for 50 years and led the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed the first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He was 88 years old. A physicist on the ground floor of space exploration, Stone played a leading role in NASA missions… Read More »