Larry Crumpler Author

Dr Larry Crumpler is currently the Research Curator of Volcanology and Space Science at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. As the long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, during daily telecons Crumpler helped control and define the ongoing activities of the rovers on Mars. He is also a member of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter science team using the rover like a remote field geologist to map the geology along the rover’s traverse. A location on the planet—“Larry’s Lookout”—was named after Dr Crumpler in honour of his contributions to the Mars missions. He lives in Albuquerque.