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William Hayward "Bill" Pickering (24 de diciembre de 1910 – 15 de marzo de 2004) fue un científico estadounidense de origen neozelandés. Dirigió durante 22 años el Laboratorio de Propulsión a Reacción (JPL por sus siglas en inglés) de Pasadena (California), retirándose en 1976. [1]
2 de abr. de 2024 · William Hayward Pickering was a New Zealand-born American engineer, physicist, and head of the team that developed Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite. He played a leading role in the development of the U.S. space program. Pickering attended Canterbury University in New Zealand before moving to.
William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 – 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand-born aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space.
William Hayward "Bill" Pickering fue un científico estadounidense de origen neozelandés. Dirigió durante 22 años el Laboratorio de Propulsión a Reacción de Pasadena , retirándose en 1976. Experto destacado de la NASA, fue miembro fundador de la Academia Nacional de Ingeniería de Estados Unidos.
26 de abr. de 2007 · ESA / About Us / ESA history. William Pickering was behind some of the finest moments in the early exploration of the Solar System, from the first US satellite to orbit Earth to missions to the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and beyond. For 22 years he was at the helm of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, the ...
William Hayward Pickering was born in Roxburgh Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington in 1910. His mother died when he was six and he was sent to live with his grandparents in Havelock, in the Marlborough Sounds at the northern tip of the South Island.
William Hayward Pickering, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1954 to 1976 and an emeritus professor of electrical engineering at Caltech, died of pneumonia on 15 March 2004 at his home in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
