Ed Stone, former chief scientist of Voyager, the most distant space mission in history. The person who devoted his life to this role for 50 years has died at the age of 88.
Dr. Edward C. Stone, inspired to study planetary science after the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, became a Voyager project scientist in 1972 and led Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on tours of the outer planets of the solar system. Before we go away forever, never to return.
“Accepting the position of Voyager scientist was the best decision of my life,” he said in a 2018 interview. He opened beautiful doors to explore the universe,” he said, before announcing his retirement in 2022 after 50 years in this position.
Dr. Stone served as Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 1991 to 2001, during the time the Pathfinder spacecraft touched down on Mars and the Cassini spacecraft departed for Saturn. In addition to accepting the position of chief researcher on 9 NASA space exploration missions
He is one of a small number of scientists involved in both the perihelion mission (Parker Solar Probe) and the farthest mission (Voyager 1).
Although Dr. Stone is gone forever, the work he created with various space exploration missions will continue for a long time.
pointing to:
“Reader. Infuriatingly humble coffee enthusiast. Future teen idol. Tv nerd. Explorer. Organizer. Twitter aficionado. Evil music fanatic.”