Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)

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William Hayward Pickering was a New Zealand-born aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. Pickering was also a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.

Pickering and Kennedy with a model of the Mariner 2 spacecraft

Pickering, Van Allen & Von Braun at NASA news conference.

Observatory Mural showing Sir William Pickering.

Mount Pickering Summit, Kepler Mountains Fiordland National Park New Zealand.

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". It was instituted by royal warrant on 6 February 1987. The order is modelled on the British Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour.

Badge of a Member of the Order of New Zealand (neck ribbon and bow)

Elizabeth II wearing the insignia of the Sovereign of the Order of New Zealand (the bow on her shoulder)