Joel J. K. Parker
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About
Dr. Joel J. K. Parker is a leading figure in space-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), with a particular focus on extending Earth-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) capabilities to the Moon and beyond. His most prominent contribution is his leadership of the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), a joint NASA-Italian Space Agency (ASI) payload selected for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. This groundbreaking experiment, aboard the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, aims to demonstrate, for the first time, that GNSS signals can be acquired and tracked at lunar distances, enabling autonomous navigation for future Artemis and deep-space missions. With over 40 citations for this flagship work, Dr. Parker’s research is foundational to the next generation of cislunar and lunar PNT infrastructure. His broader work encompasses GNSS receiver design, weak-signal processing, and space mission architecture, making him a key architect of the technologies that will guide humanity’s return to the Moon and eventual journey to Mars.
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- 1The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE)40 citations · 2022