Jennifer Harris Trosper is an American aerospace engineer at theJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) inPasadena, California. During her 30-year career at JPL, Trosper has occupied crucial positions in engineering management pertaining to every spacecraft that has traversed theMartian 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 inFostoria, Ohio and graduated fromElmwood High School inBloomdale, Ohio.[3] She received degrees in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) and the University of Southern California (MS).[4]
Mars 2020Perseverance (rover) – Mission system development manager, project systems engineering lead, integrated systems engineering lead, and project manager
Good Night Oppy – On-screen participant in the 2022 feature-length documentary that tells the story of Mars rovers,Spirit andOpportunity, and their respective 6- and 14-year exploration of the Martian surface.[3][16]
12485 jenniferharris (1997 GO1) – An asteroid in themain asteroid belt that was discovered on April 7, 1997, by theNEAT program at theHaleakalā Observatory. It was named for Jennifer Harris Trosper who was flight director for MarsPathfinder when it landed on July 4, 1997.[17]
Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame (2001), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[18]
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Fellow (2013) – "For exceptional leadership and technical expertise in mission operations development and execution for missions to the Martian surface".[19]
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