Andrew Mishkin

Andrew Mishkin (born c. 1958 in Los Angeles) is a senior systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he coordinated the development of various robotic vehicles and their subsystems for more than 15 years. He was on the "Sojourner" rover team at its formation, eventually leading the team and commanding the rover during its exploration of Mars. In 1997 he received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and was also selected as one of "The 35 People Who Made the Year" in the December issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

He grew up in West Los Angeles, graduated from University High School (Los Angeles, California), and then obtained a BS degree in Systems Engineering (man/machine systems) and an MS in Engineering (problem solving and decision making) from UCLA. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa.

His wife, Sharon, is also an MER Systems Engineer.

In 2003 he wrote the book "Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission".

References

* [http://zipcodemars.jpl.nasa.gov/bio-contribution.cfm?bid=279&cid=257&pid=255&country_id=US&state_id=CA JPL Official Bio]

* "Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission", 2003, by Andrew Mishkin, Senior Systems Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ISBN 0-425-19199-0