Robert W. Farquhar | |
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Born | Robert Greener September 12, 1932 |
Died | October 18, 2015 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Illinois, University of California |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | NASA |
Thesis | The Control and Use of Libration-Point Satellites (1968) |
Robert Willard Farquhar (September 12, 1932 – October 18, 2015) was an American mission design specialist who worked for NASA. He designed halo orbits and was involved in a number of spaceflight missions.
Farquhar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 for deep space missions to asteroids and comets and for leading the NEAR mission to Eros.