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Leon Alkalai
Also published under:L. Alkalai
Affiliation
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Flight System,Robotic Arm,Image Pairs,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Landing Site,Launch Vehicle,Lunar Surface,Sample Return,Stereo Image Pairs,Stereo Pairs,Workspace,3D Reconstruction,Accuracy Time,Affine Transformation,Architectural Elements,Arm Motion,Athletes,Attitude Control System,Avionics,Camera Model,Camera Pose,Deformation Of Plate,Deployment Of Instruments,Discovery Programs,Earth Orbit,Electric Heating,Electrode,Electrometer,End-effector,Field Of View,Flight Path,Future Exploration,Geophysical,Geophysical Exploration,German Aerospace Center,Grapple,High-gain Antenna,High-resolution Camera,Homography,Hydrazine,Joint Angles,Kg Of Sample,Lift Force,Line-of-sight,Low Earth Orbit,Low Energy Transfer,Low Trajectory,Magnetometer,Mass Estimates,Mass Growth,
Biography
Dr. Leon Alkalai is the Portofolio Manager for the Discovery and New Frontiers Portfolio as part of the Competed Missions Office of the Solar System Exploration Directorte at the Jet Propulsiona Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. He is also the Manager of the Robotic Lunar Exploration Office at JPL. He has been the Capture Lead for two successful ‘captures‘; that of the GRAIL (2007) and InSight (2012) Discovery Program missions. He has been the Capture Lead and Proposal Manager for the Moonrise (2005) and the MoonRise (2009) New Fronters studies. Leon Alkalai received his Phd in Computer Science from UCLA in 1989 and has since been working at JPL in various leadership roles. He is a Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) where he leads studies on small missions to the Moon; he is the Chief Technology Officer for the NASA Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) at the Baylor School of Medicine, and he is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department. Leon Alkalai recently received the NASA Distinguished Achievement Medal for the successful formulation of the GRAIL mission.