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Julie Webster

Chief Engineer, Juno Project
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Julie Webster is currently the Juno Mission Chief Engineer following the successful completion of the Cassini Mission to Saturn where she was the Spacecraft Operations Manager and Chief Engineer. She has been at JPL for twenty-five years. Her interplanetary spacecraft experience has been primarily in Mission Operations, on Magellan, Mars Observer, Cassini, and now the Juno mission at Jupiter.
Prior to working at JPL, Ms. Webster was with Martin Marietta Astronautics, where she did system test engineering, Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) and flight operations for several spacecraft, missile, and launch vehicle programs.

In Julie’s career she has been the recipient of multiple awards including:
• NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal & 2 NASA Exceptional Service Medals
• Public Service Outstanding Leadership Medal
• Television Emmy

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