FIREBIRD Team
The FIREBIRD team includes engineers, scientists, researchers, and students. It brings together leaders in the areas of small satellite instrument design and operation, data analysis, and space weather applications.
The team includes members from two funded U.S. institutions (Montana State University and University of New Hampshire), and two unfunded partners (Los Alamos National Laboratory and The Aerospace Corporation).
Principal Investigators
David Klumpar
Director, Space Science & Engineering Laboratory
Montana State University
Harlan Spence
Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
University of New Hampshire
Mission Team
University of New Hampshire
Sonya Smith
Project Manager
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
Alex Crew
Graduate Student
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
Steve Longworth
Engineer
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
Southwest Research Institute
Mark Widholm
Engineer
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
Jason Legere
Engineer
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
Montana State University
Larry Springer
Sr. Research Engineer
Montana State University
Ehson Mosleh
Research Engineer
Montana State University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Brian Larsen
Staff Scientist
Los Alamos Research Laboratory
The Aerospace Corporation
J. Bernard Blake
Director of Space Sciences
The Aerospace Corporation
William Crain
Sr. Research Engineer
The Aerospace Corporation
Paul O'Brien
Research Scientist
The Aerospace Corporation
