Authors > Brian Muirhead

Brian Muirhead has worked on numerous spacecraft and technology projects since coming to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1978, including the Galileo mission to Jupiter, SIR-C (Shuttle Imaging Radar-C), and the Deep Impact mission to Comet Tempel 2. He was responsible for the design, development, test, and launch of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft that reached Mars on July 4, 1997. Following this successful landing he was named Project Manager. In August 2004, he became Chief Engineer of the Jet Propulsion Lab.Brian received his BS in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1977 and an MS in aeronautical engineering from Caltech in 1982. He is the... Read full bio