Solar system montage with eight planets

Steve Saunders

Former Scientist (Retired), NASA Headquarters and JPL

R. Stephen "Steve" Saunders" is a former scientist at JPL and NASA HQ, having been at the forefront of a number of planetary missions. He was the Project Scientist at JPL for the Magellan Venus mapping mission, the Planetary Data System, and Mars Odyssey. At NASA headquarters, he was the Program Scientist for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Express missions, as well as the Planetary Data System.