Dave Lavery is the Program Executive for Solar System Exploration

Timeline of solar system exploration

This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordered by date of spacecraft launch. It includes:*All spacecraft that have left Earth orbit for the purposes of Solar System exploration , including lunar probes....

 at NASA

NASA

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 Headquarters. He is also well-known amongst participants of the FIRST Robotics Competition

First

First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...

 as a mentor of Team 116 (from Herndon High School) and was a member of the FRC Game Design Committee. As of January 2011, Lavery is no longer a member of the GDC.

Education

Dave attended Virginia Tech, where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.

Career

Dave currently works at the NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, as the Program Executive for Solar System Explorations. He oversees and is heavily involved with the Mars Exploration Rovers.

External links

• Dave Lavery at NASA.gov
• Dave Lavery — FIRSTwiki