About the team
Led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), the Dragonfly team comprises scientists, space system engineers, managers, and more who have deep experience on missions that have explored the Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, and beyond, as well as experts in rotorcraft and autonomous flight. Mission partners include NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA GSFC), Lockheed Martin Space (LMS), NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Langley Research Center, Penn State University, Malin Space Science Systems, Honeybee Robotics, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the Centre National d'études Spatiales (CNES).
Mission Leadership
Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle
Principal Investigator
Johns Hopkins APL
Melissa Trainer
Deputy Principal Investigator
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jason Barnes
Deputy Principal Investigator
University of Idaho
Peter Bedini
Project Manager
Johns Hopkins APL
Scott Murchie
Project Scientist
Johns Hopkins APL
Ralph Lorenz
Mission Architect
Johns Hopkins APL
Ken Hibbard
Mission Systems Engineer
Johns Hopkins APL
Doug Adams
Flight System Engineer
Johns Hopkins APL
Dragonfly Mission Team
Angela Adams
LM
Dewey Adams
APL
Doug Adams
APL
William Adams
LMS
Giovanny Ahumada
NASA Langley
Amy Alford
APL
Gordon Allen
JPL
Richard Anderson
APL
David Artis
APL
Reza Ashtari
APL
Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta
NPP Postdoc at NASA/GSFC
Art Azarbarzin
APL
Vince Bailey
APL
Carson Baisden
APL
Mihaela Ballarotto
APL
Pete Barfknecht
NASA GSFC
Jason Barnes
Univ of Idaho
Michael Battalio
Yale
Eric Bechard
Hamilton
Robin Beck
NASA Ames
Luke Becker
APL
Peter Bedini
APL
Donna Behravesh
NASA GSFC
Kerri Beisser
APL
Dmitriy Bekker
APL
Walter Bender
APL
Jason Benkoski
APL
Brian Berk
Hamilton
Terry Betenbaugh
APL
Shyam Bhaskaran
JPL
Tom Bialas
NASA GSFC
Steven Bidwell
NASA GSFC
Sam Birch
MIT
Lea Bonnefoy
Cornell University
Bret Bonner
NASA GSFC
Bruno Borgo
LESIA
David Boulesteix
CentraleSupelec
Ila Boyd
LMS
Jeffrey Boye
APL
John Boyea
LMS
Aaron Brandis
AMA, Inc
Sarah Brandt
LMS
Marc Briere
APL
Will Brinckerhoff
NASA GSFC
Bret Bronner
NASA GSFC
Bruce Brooks
APL
Timothy Brubaker
APL
Andrea Bryant
Univ. of Chicago
Brian Bryce
APL
Arnaud Buch
CentraleSupelec
Michael Buckley
APL
David Buecher
LMS
Jim Burgum
APL
Linda Burke
JHU/APL
Morgan Burks
LLNL
Stewart Bushman
APL
Mike Butler
APL
Morgan Cable
JPL
Christopher Caldwell
NASA GSFC
Andy Calloway
APL
John Calvert
NASA KSC
Christian Campo
APL
Pat Candelaria
LM
Kathryn Chaffin
LMS
Frédéric Chapron
LESIA
Audrey Chatain
LATMOS
Oscar Cheatom
NASA GSFC
Guillermo Chin
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
Eric Clarke
Idaho National Lab
Anthony Coburger
APL
Alice Cocoros
APL
Lowell Cogburn
LMS
Robert Coker
APL
Laureicia Colbert
APL
Tim Cole
APL
Betsy Congdon
APL
Stan Cooper
APL
Dave Copeland
APL
Charlotte Corbel
LATMOS
Paul Corlies
MIT
Barry Coyle
NASA GSFC
Glenn Creamer
APL
Juan Cruz
NASA Langley
Aaron Dalton
APL
Kelvin DeFeo
APL
M Delgadillo
SLB
Wayne Dellinger
APL
William (Chip) Delmar
APL
Antonio Diaz-Calderon
APL
Joe Dickman
APL
Keith Dill
NASA Mission SystemsFC
Annette Dolbow
APL
Michelle Donegan
APL
Bill Dove
APL
Richard Drexler
APL
Leonard Dudzinski
NASA HQ
Elfriede Dustin
APL
David Edell
APL
Karl Edquist
NASA Langley
Jeanne Eha
LMS
Peter Eisenreich
APL
Michael Enck
APL
Jacob Englander
APL
Jack Ercol
APL
Carolyn Ernst
APL
Ray Espiritu
APL
Kendra Farnsworth
GSFC
Lee Ferber
LMS
Adrienne Feres
APL
Cristina Fernandes
APL
Paul Finneran
APL
Rick Fitzgerald
APL
Blair Fonville
APL
Tyler Formica
APL
Rebecca Foust
APL
Larry Frank
APL
Caroline Freissinet
LATMOS
Mike Furrow
APL
Bob Garnett
NASA
Matthew Gasch
NASA Ames
Owen Gaulle
APL
Andrew Gerger
APL
Frederic Gicquel
Schlumberger
Matthew Gile
APL
Michael Giuntini
NASA Mission SystemsFC
John Goldsten
APL
Matthew Grey
APL
Kim Griffin
APL
Gabrielle Griffith
APL
Scott Grillo
LMS
David Grosh
APL
Justin Grove
APL
Andrej Grubisic
NASA GSFC
Brandon Haber
APL
Ryan Hacala
APL
Charles Hall
APL
William Hall
APL
Kevin Hand
JPL
Joan Hannan
NASA Mission SystemsFC
Brock Hanson
LMS
Andrew Harris
APL
Steve Hartig
APL
Ted Hartka
APL
Sarah Hasnain
APL
Alex Hayes
Cornell
Josh Hedgepeth
The University of Western Ontario
Cailey Hegarty
NASA GSFC
Kevin Hegarty
NASA GSFC
Richard Heisler
JHU/APL
Chris Hersman
APL
Ken Hibbard
APL
Adrian Hill
APL
Patrick Hill
APL
Stuart Hill
APL
Nathan Hines
LLNL
Michael Hoffman
APL
Mark Holdridge
APL
Brian Hollis
NASA Langley
Allan Holtzman
APL
Sarah Horst
JHU
Dale Howell
LMS
Olivier Humeau
LATMOS
Helen Hwang
NASA Ames
Hiroshi Imanaka
SETI
Stephen Indyk
Honeybee
Rodica Ionasescu
JPL
Stephen Jaskulek
APL
Stephen Jenkins
APL
Mark Jesick
JPL
Mark Johnson
LMS
Jeff Johnson
APL
Andrew Johnson
APL
Chris Johnston
NASA Langley
David Jones
APL
Marcellus Jones
APL
Andy Jost
LMS
Faith Kahler
APL
Erich Karkoschka
Univ. of AZ
Cole Kazemba
NASA Ames
James Kellogg
NASA GSFC
Thomas Kennedy
LMS
Steve Kenyon
NASA GSFC
Rodney (Brian) Key
NASA HQ
Chris Kim
APL
Jinho Kim
APL
Michael Kinzel
Penn State Univ
James Kissell
Mission SystemsFC
Sergey Krimchansky
NASA GSFC
Christopher Krupiarz
APL
Faith Kujawa
APL
Adam Lafin
APL
Frank Laipert
JPL
Ben Lake
Brigham Young University
Jack Langelaan
Penn State Univ
Sean Laughery
APL
David Lawrence
APL
Christy Layton
NASA HQ
Alice Le Gall
LATMOS
Stephanie Lepchenske
APL
Shawn Liang
APL
Carol Lilly
NASA GSFC
Jojo Linden
APL
Sharon Ling
APL
Nick Lombardo
Yale
Shaughn London
APL
Gabriel Lopez
APL
Juan Lora
Yale
Ralph Lorenz
APL
Eric Lyness
NASA GSFC
Gordon Maahs
APL
Shannon MacKenzie
APL
Robert Maddock
NASA Langley
Keith Mahoney
LMS
Milad Mahzari
NASA Ames
Charles Malespin
NASA GSFC
Perry Malouf
APL
Greg Manning
JHU/APL SES SMA
Chris Manspeaker
LMS
Richard Margulieux
Honeybee
Anna Martin
APL
Sean Martin
APL
Angela Marusiak
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jordan Mastera
APL
Jacob Mayo
APL
Chris McCaa
LMS
Chris McKay
NASA Ames
Quincy McKown
NASA Ames
Kellie McNamara
LMS
Lauren Mehr
APL
Nishant Mehta
APL
Rich Meitzler
APL
Eric Melin
APL
Jonathan Mesick
LMS
Steve Meyer
NASA GSFC
Alan Mick
APL
Richard Miller
APL
Scott Miller
APL
Annette Mirantes
APL
Ryan Mitch
APL
James Mize
APL
Adam Mizes
APL
Marco Moncayo
LMS
James Mooney
APL
Takeshi Morizono
APL
Teresa Moscato
APL
Valentin Moulay
LATMOS
Brian Mulac
NASA Mission SystemsFC
Scott Murchie
APL
Bill Myers
APL
Hari Nair
APL
David Napolillo
APL
Julie Napp
APL
Karla Negrete
UMBC
Catherine Neish
PSI
Tyler Nelson
APL
Jonny Neville
APL
Keith Newlander
APL
Claire Newman
Aeolis
Hien Nguyen
APL
Napoleon Nguyen-Tuong
LESIA
John Nichols
APL
Richard Nichols
APL
Tom Nolan
NASA GSFC
Steven Novack
APL
Jorge Nunez
APL
Michael O'Neill
APL
Robert Osiander
APL
Brian Ottens
NASA GSFC
Bill Otting
Aerojet Rocket
Geff Ottman
APL
Martin Ozimek
APL
Jose Palacios
Penn State Univ
Trevor Palmer
APL
Mark Panning
JPL
Rich Pappalardo
APL
Carey Parish
LMS
James Parkus
APL
Ann Parsons
NASA GSFC
Bernadine Passe
APL
Donna Patterson
NASA Mission SystemsFC
Gale Paulsen
Honeybee
Patrick Peplowski
APL
Isaac Perreault
APL
Elizabeth Perry
LMS
Dave Persons
APL
Keith Peterson
NASA Ames
Timothy Petry
NASA GSFC
Woody Peyton
LMS
Chi Pham
APL
David Piryk
NASA KSC
Ryan Poffenbarger
APL
Deva Ponnusamy
APL
Christa Porter
APL
Jamie Porter
APL
Lynnae Quick
NASA GSFC
Sussan Rad
APL
Jani Radebaugh
BYU
Scot Rafkin
SwRI
Kristin Ramachandran
APL
Michael Ravine
Mission SystemsSS
Juan Raymond
NASA GSFC
Alysen Regiec
JHUAPL
Lucas Rich
Idaho National Lab
Mark Richardson
APL
John Ricks
LMS
Catherine Riegle
LMS
James Roberts
APL
Lev Rodovskiy
APL
Gabe Rogers
APL
Paul Rosendall
APL
Anna Sage Ross-Browning
University of Idaho
Duane Roth
JPL
Felipe Ruiz
APL
Kim Runkles
APL
Bryan Rupert
JHU APL
Kyle Ryan
APL
Carl Sandifer
NASA GRC
Delia Santiago-Materese
NASA HQ
David Saunders
NASA Ames
Sam Sawada
APL
Carolyn Sawyer
APL
Benjamin Schilling
APL
Stephen Schmidt
NASA GSFC
Sven Schmitz
Penn State Univ
Mark Schoenenberger
NASA Langley
David Scholz
LMS
Brian Schratz
APL
Chris Scott
APL
Kim Seelos
APL
Martin Sekula
NASA
Becca Sepan
APL
Yanan Sha
APL
James Shackford
APL
Jahnavi Shah
The University of Western Ontario
Derek Shannon
LMS
Matthew Shannon
APL
Brett Shapiro
APL
Avinash Sharma
APL
Caitlin Shearer
APL
Colin Sheldon
NASA GSFC
Michael Shifman
APL
Hiroaki Shiraishi
JAXA
Deane Sibol
APL
Caitlyn Singam
NASA GSFC
Ed Smith
Penn State Univ
Ron Smith
APL
Jason Soderblom
MIT
Jarvis Songer
LMS
Kristin Sotzen
APL
Josh Steele
APL
David Steinfeld
NASA GSFC
Eric Stern
NASA Ames
Jen Stern
NASA GSFC
Joe Stevens
NASA GSFC
Angela Stickle
APL
Jason Stipes
APL
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian
Jake Strang
APL
Lindsay Stroyen
NASA GSFC
Paul Stysley
NASA GSFC
Edward Sullivan
LMS
Erin Sutton
JHU APL
Cyril Szopa
LATMOS
Edmund Taddey
Raytheon
Howard Taylor
APL
Jonathan Taylor
LMS
Samuel Teinturier
NASA GSFC
Gene Theus
APL
Steve Thibault
APL
Lisa Thomas
Honeybee
Justin Thomas
APL
Tetsuya Tokano
Univ. of Cologne
Catchi Tomas
APL
Hala Tomey
APL
Jessica Tozer
APL
Melissa Trainer
NASA GSFC
Minh Quan Tran
APL
Scott Turner
APL
Zibi Turtle
APL
Annette Uy
APL
Mar Vaquero
JPL
Robin Vaughan
APL
Steve Vernon
APL
Benjamin Villac
APL
Sandrine Vinatier
LESIA
Amanda Voegtlin
APL
Kirk Volland
APL
Tom Wagner
NASA HQ
Shigeru Wakita
MIT
Brandy Walker
NASA Mission SystemsFC
Rick Webbert
APL
Kyle Weber
APL
Weyman Weems
LMS
Don Wegel
NASA GSFC
Jarrett Wehle
APL
Dan Weiss
APL
Bill Welsh
LMCO
Tim Welton
LMS
Joseph White
AMA, Inc
Jim Wiley
APL
Colin Wilson
Oxford
Jack Wilson
APL
Richard Winski
AMA, Inc
Joe Witte
LMS
Isaac Witte
APL
Joshua Wojcik
Teledyne
Robert Woodward
APL
Kristin Wortman
APL
Michael Wright
NASA Ames
Brianna Wylie
Florida A&M
Bernice Yen
Honeybee
R Aileen Yingst
PSI
Zach Yokley
APL
Eric Young
NASA GSFC
John Youssef
APL
Kris Zacny
Honeybee
Daniel Zettler
LMS
Steven Zhan
APL
Su Zhang
APL
Loren Zumwalt
LMS
