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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. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space.
2 de abr. de 2024 · William Hayward Pickering was a New Zealand-born American engineer, physicist, and head of the team that developed Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite. He played a leading role in the development of the U.S. space program. Pickering attended Canterbury University in New Zealand before moving to.
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During World War II, he conducted research on the absorption properties of cosmic rays with Dr. Robert A. Millikan and investigated Japanese balloon warfare techniques for the Army Air Corps. Pickering was invited to JPL in 1944 on the basis of his experience designing telemetering devices.
Morte. 15 de março de 2004 (93 anos) Nacionalidade. Neozelandês. Prêmios. Medalha Edison IEEE (1972), Medalha Nacional de Ciências (1975), Prêmio Japão (1994) Instituições. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE ( Wellington, 24 de dezembro de 1910 — 15 de março de 2004) foi um engenheiro neozelandês.
ESA / About Us / ESA history. William Pickering was behind some of the finest moments in the early exploration of the Solar System, from the first US satellite to orbit Earth to missions to the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and beyond. For 22 years he was at the helm of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, the home of NASA ...
17 de mar. de 2004 · William H. Pickering, a leader of the first successful spaceflight by the United States and its first two decades of planetary exploration, died on Monday at his home in La Cañada Flintridge,...
William Hayward Pickering was born in Roxburgh Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington in 1910. His mother died when he was six and he was sent to live with his grandparents in Havelock, in the Marlborough Sounds at the northern tip of the South Island.
