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
Elisabeth Abel
APL
Dewey Adams
APL
Doug Adams
APL
Angela Adams
LMS
Amy Alford
APL
William Ames
APL
Kyle Anderson
APL
Richard Anderson
APL
Samantha Andrade
APL
Jeremy Armstrong
APL
Michael Arner
Collins Aerospace
David Artis
APL
Reza Ashtari
APL
Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta
NASA GSFC
Art Azarbarzin
APL
Caitlin Bacha
NASA GSFC
Vijay Baharani
APL
Vince Bailey
APL
Carson Baisden
APL
Vicky Baker
APL
Richard Ballard
NASA
Mihaela Ballarotto
APL
Pete Barfknecht
NASA GSFC
Dewey Barlow
APL
Jason Barnes
Univ of Idaho
Richard Barry
APL
Michael Battalio
Yale
Eric Bechard
Collins Aerospace
Robin Beck
NASA Ames
Luke Becker
APL
Peter Bedini
APL
Donna Behravesh
NASA GSFC
Dmitriy Bekker
APL
Melanie Bell
APL
Walter Bender
APL
Simmie Berman
JHU/APL
Terry Betenbaugh
APL
Shyam Bhaskaran
JPL
Tom Bialas
NASA GSFC
Sam Birch
MIT
Judy Bitman
JHU/APL
Tyler Boehmer
APL
Lea Bonnefoy
Cornell University
Bret Bonner
NASA GSFC
Bruno Borgo
LESIA
Heather Borowski
APL
Connor Boss
APL
David Boulesteix
CentraleSupelec
Jeffrey Boye
APL
John Boyea
LMS
Robert Boyle
NASA GSFC
Aaron Brandis
AMA, Inc
Sarah Brandt
LMS
Marc Briere
APL
Will Brinckerhoff
NASA GSFC
Bruce Brooks
APL
Diane Brown
NASA
Stephen Browne-Pike
Timothy Brubaker
APL
Andrea Bryant
Univ. of Chicago
Brian Bryce
APL
Arnaud Buch
CentraleSupelec
Michael Buckley
APL
David Buecher
LMS
Jim Burgum
APL
John Burke
APL
Linda Burke
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
LMS
Marco Castillo
NASA
Kathryn Chaffin
LMS
Frederick Chapron
LESIA
Audrey Chatain
LATMOS
Oscar Cheatom
NASA GSFC
Amelia Cherian
APL
Guillermo Chin
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
Eric Clarke
Idaho National Lab
Troy Cline
JHU/APL Communications Department
Anthony Coburger
APL
Alice Cocoros
APL
Lowell Cogburn
LMS
Robert Coker
APL
Laureicia Colbert
APL
Tim Cole
APL
Betsy Congdon
APL
Suzie Cooney
Collins
Stan Cooper
APL
Dave Copeland
APL
Charlotte Corbel
LATMOS
Paul Corlies
MIT
Lindsay Cox
APL
Barry Coyle
NASA GSFC
Brian Cranston
APL
Glenn Creamer
APL
Juan Cruz
NASA Langley
Neil Dalal
APL
Ryan Danell
Danell Consulting
Hugo Darlington
APL
Jennifer Davis
APL
Chris Deboy
APL
Kelvin DeFeo
APL
Wayne Dellinger
APL
William (Chip) Delmar
APL
Antonio Diaz-Calderon
APL
Amanda Dippold
JHUAPL
Spencer Disque
APL
Annette Dolbow
APL
Michelle Donegan
APL
Kyle Doubleday
JHUAPL
Alexander Driskell
APL
Karolina DuBois
APL
Aubry Dunn
LMS
Elfriede Dustin
APL
David Edell
APL
Karl Edquist
NASA Langley
Jeanne Eha
LMS
Peter Eisenreich
APL
Will Elgie
APL
Jacob Englander
APL
Anna Engle
Northern Arizona University
Carl Ercol
APL
Carolyn Ernst
APL
Ray Espiritu
APL
Robert Estes
NASA Langley
Louis Fantano
John Farnan
APL
Kendra Farnsworth
GSFC
Lee Ferber
LMS
Adrienne Feres
APL
Cristina Fernandes
APL
Benjamin Fernando
Oxford University
Paul Finneran
APL
Jacob Firer
APL
Rick Fitzgerald
APL
Samuel Fix
JHUAPL
Erin Flowers
Princeton
Blair Fonville
APL
Tyler Formica
APL
Rebecca Foust
APL
Matthew Fox
NASA GSFC
Larry Frank
APL
Caroline Freissinet
LATMOS
Bill Frost
Lockheed Martin
Laurel Funk
Stanley Gantz
APL
Bob Garnett
APL/ Garnett Corp
Isaiah Garrett
APL
Matthew Gasch
NASA Ames
Owen Gaulle
APL
Andrew Gerger
APL
Carolyn Gernux
Collins
Frederic Gicquel
Schlumberger
Gaelle Giesen
CNES
Matthew Gile
APL
John Goldsten
APL
Jacob Graham
NASA GSFC
Matthew Granger
LMCO
Matthew Grey
APL
Phares Grey
APL
Gabrielle Griffith
APL
Scott Grillo
LMS
Andrej Grubisic
NASA GSFC
Nelson Guecha-Ahumada
NASA Langley
Todd Gustafson
APL
Brandon Haber
APL
Ryan Hacala
APL
William Halaburda
NASA GSFC
Daniel Hals
JHU/APL
Michel Hamelin
LATMOS - Sorbonne Universite
Kevin Hand
JPL
Joan Hannan
NASA Mission SystemsFC
Brock Hanson
LMS
Ken Harclerode
APL
Andrew Harris
APL
Jessica Harsono
APL
Steve Hartig
APL
Mia Harvey
APL
Sarah Hasnain
APL
Alex Hayes
Cornell
Jonathan Heaven
Collins Aerospace
Chuck Hebert
APL
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
Samantha Hicks
NASA GSFC
Adrian Hill
APL
Patrick Hill
APL
Nathan Hines
LLNL
Michael Hoffman
APL
Mark Holdridge
APL
Allan Holtzman
APL
Sarah Horst
JHU
Alexie Hoyle
JHU APL
Olivier Humeau
LATMOS
Wendy Hunt
APL
Howard Hunter
APL
Helen Hwang
NASA Ames
Hiroshi Imanaka
SETI
Stephen Indyk
Honeybee
Kristin Jaburek
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Prasanth Jeevan
APL
Stephen Jenkins
APL
Mark Jesick
JPL
Micah Johnson
NASA GSFC
Mark Johnson
LMS
Jeff Johnson
APL
Andrew Johnson
APL
Chris Johnston
NASA Langley
David Jones
APL
Marcellus Jones
APL
Baptiste Journaux
University of Washington
Faith Kahler
APL
Desmond Kaplan
NASA GSFC
Erich Karkoschka
Univ. of AZ
Karu Karunakaran
APL
Taichi Kawamura
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris/Unversite de Paris
Cole Kazemba
NASA Ames
Calvin Kee
APL
James Kellogg
NASA GSFC
Kristie Kelly
APL
Brian Kennedy
JPL
Thomas Kennedy
LMS
Chris Kim
APL
Jinho Kim
APL
Michael Kinzel
University of Central Florida
Karen Kirby
APL
Victor Knez
APL
Andrea Kodys
APL
Joseph Kozak
APL
Sergey Krimchansky
NASA GSFC
Faith Kujawa
APL
Frank Laipert
JPL
Ben Lake
Brigham Young University
Jack Langelaan
Penn State Univ
Sean Laughery
APL
Pujitha Lava
APL
David Lawrence
APL
Christy Layton
NASA HQ
Alice Le Gall
LATMOS
Brennan Lee
APL
Stephanie Lepchenske
APL
Tim Lewis
SEP
Shawn Liang
APL
Carol Lilly
NASA GSFC
Wirak Lim
JHU/APL
Jojo Linden
APL
Sharon Ling
APL
Corinne Lippe
APL
john liu
JHU APL
Evan Livingstone
APL
Nick Lombardo
Yale
Shaughn London
APL
Gabriel Lopez
APL
Juan Lora
Yale
Ralph Lorenz
APL
Eric Lorfevre
CNES
Matt Love
APL
Wei Lu
NASA/GSFC/Telophase
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger
APL
Tim Lynch
APL
Eric Lyness
NASA GSFC
Kelly Lytton
NASA
Gordon Maahs
APL
Shannon MacKenzie
APL
DeAngelo Maestas
APL
Lizeth Magana
APL
Milad Mahzari
NASA Ames
Darby Makel
Makel Engineering Inc.
Charles Malespin
NASA GSFC
Perry Malouf
APL
Greg Manning
JHU/APL SES SMA
Eric Mansbach
NASA GSFC
Chris Manspeaker
LMS
Katie Marcotte
JHU/APL
Richard Margulieux
Honeybee
Sean Martin
APL
Angela Marusiak
USGS
Jordan Mastera
APL
Jacob Mayo
APL
Chris McCaa
LMS
Patrick McCauley
JHU/APL
Samuel McDonald
sem-001
Timothy McGee
Point Mass Technologies
Chris McKay
NASA Ames
Quincy McKown
NASA Ames
Kellie McNamara
LMS
Maria McQuaide
APL
Lauren Mehr
APL
Nishant Mehta
APL
Rich Meitzler
APL
Eric Melin
APL
Joanna Mellert
APL
Eric Menyhart
JHUAPL
Jonathan Mesick
LMS
Steve Meyer
NASA GSFC
Alan Mick
APL
Scott Miller
APL
Annette Mirantes
APL
Ryan Mitch
APL
Helen Mitch
JHUAPL
James Mize
APL
Adam Mizes
APL
Marco Moncayo
LMS
James Mooney
APL
Matthew Morris
Valentin Moulay
LATMOS
Luis Munoz
APL
Scott Murchie
APL
Hari Nair
APL
David Napolillo
APL
Julie Napp
APL
Chris Naughton
NASA Ames
Karla Negrete
UMBC
Catherine Neish
PSI
Ken Nelson
APL
Tyler Nelson
APL
Anel Neri-Saenz
Integration and Testing
Jonny Neville
APL
Claire Newman
Aeolis Research
Ryan Newport
APL
Lillian Nguyen
APL
Napoleon Nguyen-Tuong
LESIA
John Nichols
APL
Richard Nichols
APL
Emily Nielsen
Lockheed Martin
Tom Nolan
NASA GSFC
Steven Novack
APL
Jorge Nunez
APL
Brett O'Connor
APL
Michael O'Neill
APL
Campbell Ong
APL
Allison Orr
APL
Katie Ortel
APL
Robert Osiander
APL
Brian Ottens
NASA GSFC
Geff Ottman
APL
Martin Ozimek
APL
Jose Palacios
Penn State Univ
Mark Panning
JPL
Carey Parish
LMS
Charles Parker
James Parkus
APL
Ann Parsons
NASA GSFC
Bernadine Passe
APL
Gale Paulsen
Honeybee
James Paulson
APL
Alejandro Pensado
AMA-Inc
Patrick Peplowski
APL
Roberto Perez
Collins Aerospace
Isaac Perreault
APL
Todd Perrine
Honeybee Robotics
Jackie Perry
APL
Elizabeth Perry
LMS
Radford Perry
NASA GSFC
Ryan Peterson
APL
Daniel Peterson
APL
Timothy Petry
NASA GSFC
Kristina Pevear
NASA GSFC/ASRC Federal
Woody Peyton
LMS
Stephen Pfeiffer
JHU/APL
Chi Pham
APL
David Piryk
NASA KSC
Owen Pochettino
APL
Valerio Poggiali
Cornell University
Deva Ponnusamy
APL
Gabriel Pont
CNES
Christa Porter
APL
Jamie Porter
APL
Lynnae Quick
NASA GSFC
Sussan Rad
APL
Jani Radebaugh
BYU
Scot Rafkin
SwRI
Kristin Ramachandran
APL
Juan Ramirez
APL
Michael Ravine
Malin Space Science Systems
Dave Reed
APL
Alysen Regiec
JHUAPL
Lucas Rich
Idaho National Lab
Mark Richardson
APL
John Ricks
LMS
Catherine Riegle
LMS
James Roberts
APL
Lev Rodovskiy
APL
Matthew Rodriguez
APL
Luis Rodriguez
JHUAPL
Blake Rohde
APL
Felder Ronald
APL
Paul Rosendall
APL
Anna Sage Ross Browning
University of Idaho
Duane Roth
JPL
Lew Roufberg
APL
Srabanti Roy
APL
Felipe Ruiz
APL
Kim Runkles
APL
Bryan Rupert
JHU APL
Kyle Ryan
APL
John Samsock
APL
Delia Santiago-Materese
NASA HQ
Samalis Santini De Leon
APL
Janine Santmyer
APL
Kayli Sarpu
LMS
David Saunders
NASA Ames/AMA, Inc
Thaddeus Savery
APL
Carolyn Sawyer
APL
Benjamin Schilling
APL
Randy Schlotterbeck
APL
James Schmidt
APL
Sven Schmitz
Penn State Univ
David Scholz
LMS
Chris Scott
APL
Kim Seelos
APL
Nick Seese
JHUAPL
Lisa Segal
APL
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
Caitlin Shearer
APL
Colin Sheldon
NASA GSFC
Michael Shifman
JHU APL
Hiroaki Shiraishi
JAXA
Chris Siak
APL
Deane Sibol
APL
James Sidone
SOM
Drew Smith
APL
Raymond Smith
APL
Ron Smith
APL
Ed Smith
Penn State Univ
Jason Soderblom
MIT
Rod Solaz
Research and Exploratory Development Department
Jarvis Songer
LMS
Kristin Sotzen
APL
Adrian Southard
USRA
Fabien Stalport
LISA
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
Will Suero Amparo
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Edward Sullivan
LMS
Erin Sutton
JHU APL
Greg Swanson
NASA Ames
Cyril Szopa
LATMOS
Edmund Taddey
Raytheon
Dina Tady
JHU/APL
Jonathan Taylor
LMS
Howard Taylor
APL
Samuel Teinturier
NASA GSFC
Sagar Thapa
Collins Aerospace
Steve Thibault
APL
Lisa Thomas
Honeybee
Justin Thomas
APL
Staci Tiedeken
NASA GSFC
Ryan Tillman
APL
Tetsuya Tokano
Univ. of Cologne
Hala Tomey
APL
Jessica Tozer
APL
Melissa Trainer
NASA GSFC
Minh Quan Tran
APL
Teresa Tropf
APL
Scott Turner
APL
Zibi Turtle
APL
Norm Tuttle
APL
Annette Uy
APL
Dawn Van Der Gracht
APL
John Van Norman
NASA Langley
Robin Vaughan
APL
Steve Vernon
APL
Benjamin Villac
APL
Sandrine Vinatier
LESIA
Amanda Voegtlin
APL
Kirk Volland
APL
Surendra Vyas
APL
Tom Wagner
NASA HQ
Shigeru Wakita
MIT
Kenneth Watson
JHUAPL
Rick Webbert
APL
Kyle Weber
APL
Weyman Weems
LMS
Don Wegel
NASA GSFC
Jarrett Wehle
APL
David Weir
JHUAPL
Bill Welsh
LMS
Chad Whiteley
JHU/APL
Karl Whittenburg
APL
John Wilson
APL
Colin Wilson
Oxford
Jack Wilson
APL
Richard Winski
AMA, Inc
Isaac Witte
APL
Joe Witte
LMS
Kristin Wortman
APL
Lucas Wray
APL
Michael Wright
NASA Ames
Brianna Wylie
Florida A&M
Maya Yanez
University of Southern California
Bernice Yen
Honeybee
Karen Yetter
JPL
Jie Yin
APL
R Aileen Yingst
PSI
Zach Yokley
APL
Daniel Young
APL
John Youssef
APL
Kris Zacny
Honeybee
Darryl Zawada
APL
Daniel Zettler
LMS
Steven Zhan
APL
Su Zhang
APL
Loren Zumwalt
LMS
