Rodger Doxsey

Who is this?

Rodger Evans Doxsey (March 11, 1947 – October 13, 2009) was an American physicist and astronomer who made major contributions to the scientific and operational success of NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Hubble Space Telescope (HST). He joined the HST Project at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1981, and was head of the Hubble Missions Office when he died in 2009. Of Doxsey, STScI Director Matt Mountain said, "Rodger was the heart and soul of Hubble here at the Institute. He knew everything about the space telescope, from the smallest anomaly to the breadth of the extraordinary science delivered by the telescope he had worked with for over 28 years."

Career

1. 1947
   Born
2. 2004
   Won George Van Biesbroeck Prize
3. 2009
   Passed away

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Schenectady
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: physicist, astronomer