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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).
Jun 11, 2024 · Ed Stone, former director of JPL and project scientist for the Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. A friend, mentor, and colleague to many, he was known for his straightforward leadership and commitment to communicating with the public.
The "EdStone" was a large stone tablet which was commissioned by the Labour Party during the 2015 general election. The stone was 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in) tall and featured six election pledges carved into it, together with the Labour logo, and a copy of the signature of the party leader Ed Miliband.
Jun 14, 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...
Jun 12, 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...
Jun 12, 2024 · Ed Stone, who for 50 years served as the project scientist for NASA's iconic Voyager mission, died June 9 at the age of 88.
Jun 15, 2024 · Edward C. Stone, renowned for his leadership of the Voyager spacecraft missions and his role in advancing space and planetary astronomy at Caltech and JPL, has died at 88. His career included directing JPL and contributing to the development of the Keck Observatory and the Thirty Meter Telescope.
