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  MEET THE MISSION TEAM
 
 Kevin Brown, CALIPSO Project Manager
Kevin Brown
Project Manager and Spacecraft Mission Director

Kevin Brown leads the CALIPSO team in developing the primary payload and addressing any instrument team problems, as well as leading the operations portion of the mission following launch.
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 Bruno Belon, CALIPSO CNES Project Manager
Bruno Belon
CALIPSO CNES Project Manager

Bruno Belon leads the French Calipso team and is responsible for the French contribution to the project.
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 thumbnail image of Dave Winker, CALIPSO Principal Investigator
Dave Winker
CALIPSO Principal Investigator

Dave Winker leads the project from both scientific and mission perspectives and he is responsible for achieving the objectives of the mission.
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 thumbnail image of Jacques Pelon, CALIPSO Co-PI
Jacques Pelon
Co-Principal Investigator

Jacques Pelon is the Directeur de Recherche at Service d’Aéronomie and associated with the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique -- both of which are labs of “Institut Pierre Simon Laplace” in Paris.
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 thumbnail image of Pat McCormick, CALIPSO Co-PI
M. Patrick McCormick
Co-Principal Investigator

Pat McCormick is a faculty member at Hampton University (HU), a major collaborator in the CALIPSO mission. As Co-PI, McCormick works to assist the PI in all aspects of the mission that are related to science leadership.
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 thumbnail image of Steve Volz, NASA Science Mission Directorate Program Executive for CALIPSO
Steve Volz
Program Executive

Steve Volz is a critical advocate for the CALIPSO mission, acting as the single point of contact between the project and NASA Headquarters.
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 thumbnail image of Bryant Cramer, CALIPSO Program Manager
Bryant Cramer
Program Manager

Bryant Cramer is responsible for the design, assembly, integration and test of the CALIPSO flight and ground support hardware and for the launch activity and on-orbit checkout of the spacecraft.
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 Jean Blouvac, CALIPSO Satellite Manager for CNES
Jean Blouvac
CALIPSO Satellite Manager for CNES

Jean Blouvac, from CNES, leads the development of the CALIPSO satellite from initial mission studies, to the commissioning phase in orbit.
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 Chip Trepte, CALIPSO Project Scientist
Chip Trepte
Project Scientist

Chip Trepte leads the project in developing validation efforts for the mission, and is the deputy Principal Investigator.
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 Patrick Castillan, CALIPSO CNES Systems Manager
Patrick Castillan
CALIPSO CNES Systems Manager

Patrick Castillan works with the team in charge of the development and validation of the French contribution to the overall Calipso system.
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  MEET THE LAUNCH TEAM
 
 Chuck Dovale NASA Launch Manager
Chuck Dovale
NASA Launch Manager

Chuck Dovale and the Launch Services Program team are responsible for launching the Delta II rocket carrying CALIPSO and CloudSat into orbit. Learn about this talented group of engineers on the Launch Team page.
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  MEET THE MISSION TEAM
 
 
Meet some members of the CALIPSO team -- from engineering, to science, to validation. Click on the links below to read more about the scientific and engineering roles of some of the CALIPSO team members, as well as their personal interests and hobbies.
 
 Melinda Finch Cagle
Science Team Manager
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 Mike Cisewski
Mission Operations Manager
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 Debbie Dajon
Deputy Project Manager
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 Scott Hill
Payload Mechanical Systems Engineer
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 Chris Hostetler
Co-Investigator: Lidar Algorithms and Validation
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 Bill Hunt
Lidar Performance Engineer
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 Tom Kovacs
Quid Pro Quo Validation Coordinator and Outreach Science Advisor
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 Pat Lucker
Senior Analyst and Lidar Operator
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 Kathy Powell
Simulation Developer
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 Mark Vaughan
Algorithm Developer and Lidar Science Working Group Member
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 Jim Wells
Mission Systems Engineer
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