David G. Grant
Project Manager
Development and Operations

Mr. Grant oversees MESSENGER’s overall development and operation, reporting directly to the Principal Investigator and the NASA Discovery Program Office on MESSENGER’s technical, schedule and programmatic status.

David Grant has managed several satellite projects for the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, including the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) mission and the Polar Bear upper-atmosphere research mission. He also has an extensive background in digital equipment design, optical signal and image processing, lasers and electro-optical devices.