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
Gifford Observatory
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The Gifford Observatory is an astronomical observation facility located in the suburb of Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand. Operated by the Gifford Observatory Trust with the intent of making it
Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)
…a non-profit organisation that existed from 1977 to 2012 to promote an informed approach to astronautics and related sciences. Pickering re-opened the Gifford Observatory as the guest of honour, on 25 March 2002. He had been a frequent user of the observatory during his school days in Wellington College. Pickering died…
Observatory Building entrance and mural showing Charles Gifford and telescope
Observatory Mural showing William Pickering
130 mm Zeiss refracting telescope