Adam Steltzner

Career

Steltzner is employed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he designed, tested and built the sky crane landing system for the Curiosity rover. In this role he supports the technical success of the agency's highest priority missions, including Artemis, SR-1, Moon Base and emerging X-planes.

Media appearances Adam Steltzner speech given on the successful landing of Mars curiosity, August 6, 2012 (2m25s). Full video. Steltzner is often profiled by the press in human interest stories He has been profiled similarly in other sources. 2012 Nature named Steltzner one of 10 most important scientists of the year 2012 World Technology Award in Ethics given by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology 2013 Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Technology category 2013 Space Pioneer Award for Science and Engineering presented by the National Space Society to the Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) team 2014 Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2014 Astronautics Engineer Award given by the National Space Club as part of the Goddard Memorial Dinner Awards 2016 Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering