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There are thousands of people working on this huge project, these are some of the people that head the different aspects;
- Justin Maki - a science manager on the Pathfinder team
- Julio Magalhaes - Mars meteorologist
- Carol Stoker - scientist
- Daniel Goldin - NASA administrator
- James Head - project geologist
- Jeff Johnson - geologist
- The staff of 3 tracking stations - especially at Tidbinbilla Canberra where most of the data has been received (because of the combination of Earth's rotation and Pathfinder's exploration schedule

Overall Mission Management:
- Donna Shirley: manager Mars Exploration Program
- Matt Golombek: project scientist Mars Pathfinder mission
- Tony Spear: project manager Mars Pathfinder Lander mission

Systems Engineering and Mission Planning:
- Wayne Lee : mission planner, Mars operations
- Tim Gallagher : camera control electronics designer, Mars Pathfinder
- Bridget Landry: deputy uplink systems engineer, Mars Pathfinder
- Rob Manning: flight system chief engineer, Mars Pathfinder
- Charles Whetsel: spacecraft systems engineer, Global Surveyor
- Mark Adler: Mars Exploration Program architect

Scientists and Researchers:
- Jeff Plescia: research scientist and Mars Surveyor Program
- Geoff Briggs: scientific director, NASA Ames' Center for Mars Exploration
- Bill Sjogren: Gravity Experiment principal investigator, Mars Global Surveyor
- Peter Smith: camera designer and spectroscopist, Mars Pathfinder
- Bruce Jakosky: interdisciplinary scientist, Mars Global Surveyor
- Peter Thomas: research scientist, Global Surveyor, and Surveyor '98 orbiter and lander
- Mike Malin: camera systems principal investigator, Global Surveyor, and Surveyor '98 orbiter and lander
- Robert Haberle: Mars atmosphere interdisciplinary scientist, Global Surveyor
- Phil Christensen: Thermal Emission Spectrometer principal investigator, Mars Global Surveyor
- Wendy Calvin: research scientist, co-investigator Mars Orbiter
- Steve Wall: team leader, Advanced Projects Design Team, future Mars exploration
- Greg Wilson: planetary geologist, Pathfinder
- Mike Mellon: planetary scientist
- D.C. Golden: principal scientist
- Jack Farmer: exobiologist
- Ted Roush: planetary scientist
- Jim Murphy: meteorologist and research scientist

Mission Operations:
- Matt Wallace: operations, Pathfinder Rover
- Richard Cook: flight operations manager, Pathfinder
- Steven Stolper: flight software engineer, Pathfinder
- Guy Beutelschies: test director, Pathfinder
- Christopher Salvo: flight engineer, Pathfinder
- David Mittman: mission planner, Pathfinder

Spacecraft Navigation:
- Pieter Kallemeyn: navigation team leader, Pathfinder
- Dan Johnston: trajectory and aerobraking design analyst, Global Surveyor Operations Project, Navigation Team

Outreach:
- Anita Dodson: graphics communicator
- John Moreau: librarian/archivist



- Offical NASA Mars Pathfinder Site
- NASA Ames Reseach Center Mars Site
- NASA Jet Propulsion Labs Mars Site
- American Geophysical Union
- NASA Quick Facts Page
- NASA Lewis Research Station Ohio
- Mars Pathfinder Photos
- Mars Pathfinder Instrument Description
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