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Robert J. Parks

Robert J. "Bob" Parks (April 1, 1922 – June 3, 2011) was an American aerospace engineer and pioneer in the space program who was involved into multiple NASA space missions. Parks worked for more than 40 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/Caltech), located in Pasadena, California. He served as Guidance Engineer for Explorer 1, the first successfully launched US. He directed the initial flyby missions to the Moon (Ranger 7, 8 and 9 missions), the first soft landing on the Moon (Surveyor Lunar Lander), Earth's first successful mission to another planet (Mariner 2 to Venus) and initial missions to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus.

Parks concluded his career as Deputy Director of the JPL and retired in 1987. Some of the awards he received for his work include the NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1967), the Stuart Ballantine Medal (1967), the Goddard Astronautics Award (1980) and the Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award in 1982. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Characterization of HIV-1 Nucleoside-Modified mRNA Vaccines in Rabbits and Rhesus Macaques by Norbert Pardi, Celia C. LaBranche, Guido Ferrari, Derek W. Cain, István Tombácz, Robert J. Parks, Hiromi Muramatsu, Barbara L. Mui, Ying K. Tam, Katalin Karikó, Patricia Polacino, Christopher J. Barbosa, Thomas D. Madden, Michael J. Hope, Barton F. Haynes, David C. Montefiori, Shiu-Lok Hu, Drew Weissman

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