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Robert K. Wilson
Robert K. Wilson, project manager for the JPL-managed Spitzer Space Telescope, has won the International Space Ops Distinguished Service Medal for 2008. Space Ops is an international forum whose objective is to “increase cooperation and exchange of ideas in the domain of space operations among the space fairing organizations of the
world.”
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a member of the Space Operations community who has distinguished himself or herself with service to the Space Ops organization or to the field of space operations and support.
Wilson was recognized for “outstanding dedication, leadership, operational excellence, innovation and sustained technical performance, significantly contributing to the success
of NASA astronomy, physics, planetary and Earth-observing missions and the Spitzer Space Telescope.”
Wilson’s role as project manager on Spitzer, the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space, began in 1994.
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