International Cooperation Award for NASA JPL s Michael Watkins, Michael Gross
The twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission illustrated here will track the evolution of Earth s water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
In Brief:
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is honoring Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Watkins and Autonomous Systems Manager Gross, plus two European partners, for work on the GRACE missions.
JPL Director Michael Watkins. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
recently bestowed its 2021 International Cooperation Award on JPL Director Michael Watkins and JPL Autonomous Systems Manager Michael Gross, and their counterparts in Germany – Frank Flechtner of GFZ/German Research Centre for Geosciences and Albert Zaglauer of Astrium GmbH.