Aseel Anabtawi Explained

Aseel Anabtawi
Birth Date:August 15, 1969 (age)
Birth Place:Tulkarm, Palestine
Occupation:Electrical engineer
Years Active:1993–
Known For:Cassini–Huygens mission
Alma Mater:California State University, Fullerton (1992)
University of Southern California (1996)

Aseel Anabtawi (Arabic: أسيل عنبتاوي, 1969–) is a Palestinian-American electrical engineer from Tulkarm who works for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She specializes in radio science.[1] [2]

Biography

Aseel Anabtawi was born in 1969 in Tulkarm in Palestine's West Bank. Her family later emigrated to the United States.[3] She received her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Fullerton in 1992. In 1996, she obtained her master's degree in the same field from the University of Southern California.[4]

Anabtawi started work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1993.[5] She has participated in multiple projects during her employ at NASA. At the beginning of her time at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Anabtawi worked on the Galileo Jupiter probe.[4] She also worked on the Mars Global Surveyor,[4] a robotic probe that explored and mapped Mars, from its atmosphere to its rocky surface.

Following her work on Galileo and the Mars Global Surveyor,[4] Anabtawi was selected to participate in the Cassini–Huygens mission in 2003.[5] This mission, a collaborative effort between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency, sent two unmanned crafts to Saturn.[1] The Huygens landed on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.[6] Anabtawi worked with Cassini, a space probe which explored and photographed Saturn's atmosphere, sending back valuable data for NASA scientists.[7]

As of 2022, Anabtawi is part of the Mars Science Laboratory team, the mission that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars.[2]

Anabtawi was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal in 2007 for her work on the Cassini project.[8] [9] In 2015, she received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal for her continuing work with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catching Cassini's Call . ESA Science & Technology . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170126150839/https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Catching_Cassinis_call_999.html . January 26, 2017 . January 13, 2017 . live.
  2. Web site: Aseel Anabtawi . IEEE Xplore . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706225101/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37088472301 . July 6, 2022 . live.
  3. Web site: العالمة أسيل عنبتاوي وجه فلسطيني ناجح في عالم الفضائيات [Scientist Aseel Anabtawi is a Successful Palestinian Face in the World of Stellite Channels]]. Al-Watan Voice . https://web.archive.org/web/20200604200413/https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2020/06/03/1341772.html . June 4, 2020 . ar . June 3, 2020 . live .
  4. Web site: أسيل عنبتاوي.. عالمة فضاء فلسطينية في وكالة "ناسا" [Aseel Anabtawi: Palestinian Space Scientist as NASA] ]. Sonara . https://web.archive.org/web/20200419002120/https://www.sonara.net/news/news/319850/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A..-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7.html . April 19, 2020 . October 10, 2017 . dead . ar.
  5. Web site: Cassini’s Family Takes the Plunge . NASA . September 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240229151925/https://science.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/cassinis-family-takes-the-plunge/ . February 29, 2024 . live.
  6. Web site: Huygens . NASA . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930124334/https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cassini-huygens/ . September 30, 2023 . live.
  7. Web site: Chang . Kenneth . Cassini Vanishes Into Saturn, Its Mission Celebrated and Mourned . New York Times . September 14, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170914184420/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/science/cassini-grand-finale-saturn.html . September 14, 2017 . live.
  8. Web site: Cassini Significant Events 06/20/07 – 06/26/07 . NASA . https://web.archive.org/web/20240723154911/https://science.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/cassini-significant-events-062007-062607/ . July 23, 2024 . June 28, 2007 . live.
  9. Web site: Honoring Achievement . Universe . Jet Propulsion Laboratory . 3 . July 2007 . https://archive.org/details/un0707 . August 4, 2024 . live.
  10. Web site: 2015 NASA Agency Honor Awards Complete Listing of Recipients . NASA . 5 . https://archive.org/details/2015-full-listing-of-all-aha-for-nasa-people . August 4, 2024 . live.

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