William Hayward Pickering was a New Zealand aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered t
Pickering with a model of the Mariner 4 spacecraft, c. 1965
Pickering with a Moon model
Pickering at JPL
Pickering and Kennedy with a model of the Mariner 2 spacecraft
Order of New Zealand
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The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in the New Zealand royal honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity
Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)
…Japan Prize in 1994 In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an honorary member of the Order of New Zealand, the highest civilian award in the New Zealand honours system. Pickering is one of the few non-politicians to have appeared on the cover of Time magazine…
Badge of a Member of the Order of New Zealand (neck ribbon and bow)