Lead Co-Investigator William Kurth seated behind a model of the Juno spacecraft. Juno’s Plasma Waves Instrument, designed and built at the UI, will sample plasma waves to learn how Jupiter's intense auroras are produced. Photo by Justin Torner.

Bill Kurth with the Juno spacecraft

NASA honors Faden, Kurth for achievements on Juno mission

Friday, January 23, 2026

NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medals were awarded to Jeremy Faden and William Kurth at an awards ceremony at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on January 22.

Application Developer Jeremy Faden was awarded NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for exceptional achievement in the adaptation of the Autoplot interactive browser for the analysis of Juno data in Jovian magnetospheric studies.

Research Scientist William Kurth was awarded NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for exceptional achievement in the design, development, and implementation of the Juno Waves instrument and in leading the Juno Data Archiving Working Group.