Prominent American Muslim space scientist, dies at 77
WASHINGTON – Firouz Naderi, an Iranian-American space scientist, died June 9 at age 77.
He served in various technical and leadership positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 36 years.
Naderi oversaw the successful landing of two research rovers on Mars.
His accomplishments included the Mars Odyssey, launched in 2001, a spacecraft that is still in service and holds the record.
Born in Shiraz in 1946, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1964 to pursue higher education.
Naderi opposed Trump’s ban on Muslims entering the country.
He also opposed the Iranian government and supported the democratic struggle in his country of origin.
At the time of his retirement, an asteroid was named after Naderi.
He noted that this asteroid will continue to orbit the sun for billions of years.
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