Fernando Abilleira is currently serving as the Mars 2020 MDNAV Manager and the Deputy Mission Manager for Launch/Cruise/EDL. The Mars 2020 Project will land a rover heavily derived from the Curiosity rover configuration that is designed to investigate key questions about the habitability of Mars and the possibility of extant life on the Red planet. Fernando has supported multiple flight projects and studies such as the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, Mars Science Orbiter, Mars Netlanders, Mars Sample Return, and preliminary crewed mission to Mars studies among others.

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