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Which New Zealand-born rocket scientist directed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and guided the Mariner and Viking missions to Mars and the outer planets?
Answer: William Pickering — Sir William Pickering, born in Wellington, led JPL for 22 years and was instrumental in launching America's first satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958.
- A Alan MacDiarmid
- B Beatrice Tinsley
- C William Pickering ✓
- D Roy Kerr
Sir William Pickering, born in Wellington, led JPL for 22 years and was instrumental in launching America's first satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958.