Donna Shirley

Donna Lee Shirley (née Donna Lee Pivorotta; born 1941) is an American aerospace engineer, and former manager of Mars Exploration at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is the author of the book Managing Martians: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman's Lifelong Quest to Get to Mars—and of the Team Behind the Space Robot That Has Captured the Imagination of the World. Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley was named in her honor.

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