Jakob van Zyl, Key NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Engineer, Dies at 63 – Gadgets 360

Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63.
Van Zyl, who retired in 2019 after a 33-year career, suffered a heart attack on Monday and died Wednesday at a hospital in Pasadena, California, said Veronica McGregor, a spokeswoman for JPL.
Van Zyl’s roles included director for astronomy and physics, director for solar system exploration and associate director on …

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