Donna Shirley | |
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| Born | Donna Pivorotta 1941 |
| Occupation(s) | Aerospace and mechanical engineer, author |
| Known for | Former manager of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA |
Donna Lee Shirley (née Donna Lee Pivorotta; born 1941) is a former manager of Mars Exploration at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is the author of the book Managing Martians: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman's Lifelong Quest to Get to Mars—and of the Team Behind the Space Robot That Has Captured the Imagination of the World.[1]
Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley was named in her honor.
- ^ "Neil B. Hutchinson Oral History". JSC Web Team. Archived from the original on 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2020-09-19.