Israeli Scientist on NASA's Award-Winning Webb Science Team.
Israeli researcher Dr. Eliad Peretz has been awarded NASA's Exceptional Achievement Medal for his contributions to space research. Peretz is the Technology Program Manager and Lead Researcher for new space missions at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He is responsible for developing several cutting-edge instruments and missions, including laser radar for spacecraft landing on the moon, the Dragonfly mission to Titan, and the launch of small satellites to study the Van Allen belts. Peretz's notable accomplishment is the development of a technology that enhances the resolution of ground-based telescopes by using a space-based satellite to precisely calibrate them.