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James Garvin

James Garvin
  • Name: James Garvin
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  • Also known as: James B. Garvin
  • Place of birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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Biography: James B. Garvin served as NASA's Chief Scientist from October 2004 to September 2005 and is known for his foundational work in NASA's Mars explorational programs. Garvin arrived at the Goddard Space Flight Center since 1984 where he first served as a staff scientist developing remote sensing instrumentation and has been based there or at the nearby NASA headquarters in Washington D.C. since then. His career has spanned disciplines as Earth system science, Mars Exploration, lunar exploration, Venus, asteroids, and the outer planets. He has been a co-investigator on NASA's Mars Observer, Mars Global Surveyor, NEAR-Shoemaker, OSIRIS-REx, Mars Curiosity Rover, Canada's Radarsat, and ESA's... Read More

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Alien Planet   as  Self 2005-05-14
Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs?   as  Scientist (NASA) 1992-01-01