The Mission Team

Profile: Roger Gibbs

Roger Gibbs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Roger Gibbs is currently the Project Manager for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission. Prior to launch he was the Flight System Manager and after launch until March of 2002, he was the Deputy Project Manager of the Odyssey orbiter. In the past, Roger has held a number of positions relating to the design of robotic spacecraft to other planets, including: Spacecraft Chief System Engineer (Cassini mission to Saturn), Manager of the Systems Engineering Team (Cassini Mission to Saturn), Spacecraft Chief System Engineer (Mars Observer mission to Mars), and Instrument Integration Engineer ( Mars Observer and Galileo mission to Jupiter).

Roger has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

He lives in Altadena, CA with his wife Sharon and two daughters Lauren and Amanda. Roger was born in Los Angeles, CA and enjoys restoring old metal working machines and old sports cars.