Jennifer Harris Trosper
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Education | MIT (BS – aerospace engineering) USC (MS – aerospace engineering)[1] |
Known for | NASA Project Manager Mars 2020 Perseverance rover[2] |
Spouse | Air Force Lt. Col. (Ret.) Randy Trosper[1] |
Children | 3[1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | NASA JPL[1] |
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Jennifer Harris Trosper is an American aerospace engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. During her 30-year career at JPL, Trosper has occupied crucial positions in engineering management pertaining to every spacecraft that has traversed the Martian surface. Because of her leadership and engineering expertise, Trosper has appeared on broadcast media outlets as an authority in development and execution of missions to Mars.
Jennifer Trosper grew up in Fostoria, Ohio and graduated from Elmwood High SchoolinBloomdale, Ohio.[3] She received degrees in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) and the University of Southern California (MS).[4]
Positions held at JPL have included:[2]
Select appearances on C-SPAN have included:
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.