Kamal Oudrhiri . Scientist. Physicist.
Kamal Oudrhiri led a successful discovery mission by the American Space Agency (NASA) achieving a breakthrough in the field of Quantum Physics.
The mission was achieved by the participation of two astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and three Nobel prize winners.
The achievement took place at eh ‘Cold Atom Lab’ on the International Space Station (ISS) which NASA had installed in 2018.
Kamal Oudrhiri has worked on missions related to Mars exploration vehicles including ‘Curiosity’, ‘Rovers’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Opportunity’ as well as ‘Cassini’ for Saturn, ‘Grail’ for the Moon and ‘Juno’ for Jupiter.
Assignments:
-Mission Manager – Cold Laboratory / -The Group Supervisor – Planetary Radar & Radio Sciences Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- First Moroccan to work for NASA.
Honours:
- NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal (November 2019)
- NASA’s JPL Marine Awards – Three
- NASA’s JPL Voyager Awards – Three
- 39 NASA Group Achievement Awards
- NASA People Leadership Award
- King Mohammed VI ‘Royal Decoration’ Award for Scientific Achievement (2012)
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