
Artur B. Chmielewski
Project Manager, NASA
Artur B. Chmielewski works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) – NASA in California as a space mission manager. He studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California, graduating in mechanics and computer science.
At JPL, he was a manager of numerous projects such as the Space Technology 8 mission, Mars Telecommunication Orbiter Rendezvous Experiment, Space Technology 6 mission, Gossamer Program, Inflatable Antenna Flight Experiment, and Cryocooler Flight Experiment. He is best known for the management of the Rosetta project on behalf of the USA – a European Space Agency space probe whose task was to enter the orbit around the nucleus of the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet and deposit a lander on its surface.
He is the son of cartoonist Henryk Chmielewski (“Papcio Chmiel”), author of the “Tytus, Romek and A’Tomek” comic book series.