Ed Stone, who led JPL for a decade and worked on the La Cañada Flintridge institution's Voyager mission for five decades, has died. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Ed Stone, the scientist who guided ...

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Ed Stone, the scientist who first imagined, measured and fueled mankind’s launch into interstellar space, has retired. Stone, 86, Voyager mission director at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ...

Ed Stone, former director of JPL and project scientist for the Voyager mission, in front of a mock-up of one of the Voyager spacecraft. The golden record is visible over his left shoulder. Ed Stone, ...

Ed Stone, the scientist who guided NASA’s breakthrough Voyager mission to the outer planets for 50 years and led the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed its first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He ...