Steve Squyres, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Steve Squyres

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1957

Place of Birth: New Jersey, United States

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Steven Weldon Squyres (born January 9, 1956) is the James A.
Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
His research area is in planetary sciences, with a focus on large solid bodies in the Solar System such as the terrestrial planets and the moons of the Jovian planets.
Squyres was the principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER).
He is the recipient of the 2004 Carl Sagan Memorial Award and the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Communication in Planetary Science.
On October 28, 2010, Squyres received the 2010 Mines Medal for his achievements as a researcher and professor.
He is the brother of Academy Award-nominated film editor Tim Squyres. On September 13, 2019 it was announced that Squyres would retire from Cornell on September 22, 2019 and take the position of chief scientist at Blue Origin.