Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)
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For the American astronomer, see William Henry Pickering.
William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 – 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand-born aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976.[1][2] He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. Pickering was also a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.[3]
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Born | William Hayward Pickering (1910-12-24)24 December 1910 Wellington, New Zealand |
Died | 15 March 2004(2004-03-15) (aged 93) Flintridge, California, U.S. |
Citizenship | New Zealand, United States |
Known for | Space aeronautics pioneering |
Awards | Magellanic Premium (1966) IEEE Edison Medal (1972) National Medal of Science (1975) Delmer S. Fahrney Medal (1976) Japan Prize (1994) Daniel Guggenheim Medal (2000) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Thesis | A Geiger Counter Study of the Cosmic Radiations (1936) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert A. Millikan |
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