Bobak Ferdowsi is Flight Director on the Mars Science Laboratory mission (aka Curiosity). You may know him better as that guy with the mohawk seen at JPL Mission Control during Sunday/Monday’s Curiosity landing. In the video below, Shira Lazar interviews Ferdowsi about Curiosity, his experience of the landing, and what it’s like to be a [...]
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Bobak Ferdowsi, mission controller for the NASA Mars Curiosity, has become a quasi-Twitter star after a photo of him was released Monday morning. Nicknamed the "NASA Mohawk Guy" and/or the "hot nerd," Bobak can largely thank his 'do... Read Post
Post by Adriana VelezThe most thrilling thing about the Mars rover "Curiosity" landing is seeing the video, of course. But the second most thrilling part? A young NASA flight director named Bobak Ferdowsi, AKA "Mohawk Guy." He was t... Read Post
Bobak Ferdowsi, the activity lead and flight director on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission, became quite the star of the mission this morning. Ferdowsi had less than 200 followers on Twitter before NASA's livestream of t... Read Post