Firouz Naderi | |
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Born | Firouz Michael Naderi March 25, 1946 |
Died | June 9, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 77)
Citizenship | American and Iranian |
Alma mater | Iowa State University, University of Southern California |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Space Science |
Firouz Michael Naderi (Persian: فیروز نادری: Fīrouz Nāderi; March 25, 1946 – June 9, 2023)[1] was an Iranian American scientist who spent 36 years in various technical and executive positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he contributed to some of America's robotic space missions.[2]
Naderi retired from NASA in 2016 and most recently was a management consultant, an advisor to early-stage high-tech startups, and a public speaker. He was based in Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[3]
Naderi managed or supervised numerous projects during his 36-year career with NASA, including JPL's robotic solar system mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, the Cassini orbiter at Saturn, and the Dawn spacecraft at the asteroid Vesta.
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