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Edward Carroll Stone (January 23, 1936 – June 9, 2024) was an American space scientist, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, and director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
11 Jun 2024 · Ed Stone, who led NASA's longest-running mission to explore the solar system and beyond, passed away on June 9, 2024. He was 88 years old and a friend, mentor, and colleague to many in the space community.
14 Jun 2024 · Edward C. Stone, the visionary physicist who dispatched NASA’s Voyager spacecraft to run rings around our solar system’s outer planets and, for the first time, to venture beyond to unravel...
12 Jun 2024 · Ed Stone, who served as the project scientist for NASA's groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday (June 9) at the age of 88.
12 Jun 2024 · Ed Stone, former director of JPL and project scientist for the Voyager mission, in front of a mock-up of one of the Voyager spacecraft. The golden record is visible over his...
11 Jun 2024 · Edward C. Stone, a pioneer of space physics and planetary astronomy, passed away on June 9, 2024. He led the Voyager project for 50 years, oversaw the construction of the Keck Observatory, and served as director of JPL and TMT.
Edward C. Stone was an internationally known physicist who served as project scientist for the Voyager program from 1972 to 2022. As a graduate student at the University Chicago, he was inspired to enter the fields of planetary science and space exploration by the launch of Sputnik in 1957. Stone was born in Knoxville, Iowa, on January 23, 1936.
