Pickering
/ˈpɪkərɪŋ/- Pickering, William Hayward (1910-2004), New Zealand-born American engineer, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology 1954-76. During his directorate the laboratory launched America's first satellite, Explorer I (1958), and several unmanned probes to the moon and planets.皮克林, 威廉·海沃德（[1910-2004]生于新西兰的美国工程师, 1954-1976担任加利福尼亚理工学院喷气推进实验室主任; 在任职期间, 该实验室向月球和其他行星发射了美国第一颗卫星“探险者一号”[1958], 以及其他数个不载人探测器）。