Jaret Matthews 2024

Jaret Matthews

Founder and CEO of Astrolab

Jaret Matthews is the founder and CEO of Astrolab and has spent his 20-year career creating revolutionary space systems. He spent seven years at SpaceX as manager of the Dragon Spacecraft Mechanisms development team where he conceived of and led the development of the novel docking system that the Crew Dragon spacecraft uses to dock to the International Space Station. Prior to SpaceX, Jaret spent a decade in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL) Robotic Vehicles Group designing and operating innovative robotic mobility and manipulation systems for the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Jaret was part of the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) and Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mobility systems and operations teams, and was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for his work leading the development of the ATHLETE Lunar rover. 

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