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Michael J. Sander
Manager, Exploration Systems and Technology Office
Mike Sander leads JPL's efforts in support of NASA's Exploration Initiative. He was project manager of the Mars Science Laboratory project, director of JPL's Technology and Applications Directorate, deputy director of JPL's Space and Earth Science Programs Directorate, and project manager of JPL's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar project.
Joining JPL in 1963, Sander has worked in various capacities in management and project organizations, including management of JPL's Mission Control Center . His early career was spent processing science data from the first missions to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and beyond. From 1980 to 1985 Sander spent five years at NASA Headquarters in Washington, first as the deputy director of the Life Sciences Division and then as director of the Shuttle Payloads Engineering Division.
He has a bachelor's degree in physics from Occidental College, is a three-time recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for his work on the Voyager mission, Spacelab One and the Spaceborne Imaging Radar C project, is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
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