Robert W. Farquhar

Robert W. Farquhar
Farquhar in 2010
Born	Robert Greener (1932-09-12)September 12, 1932 Chicago, Illinois
Died	October 18, 2015(2015-10-18) (aged 83) Burke, Virginia
Nationality	American
Education	University of Illinois, University of California
Alma mater	Stanford University
Scientific career
Institutions	NASA
Thesis	The Control and Use of Libration-Point Satellites  (1968)

Robert Willard Farquhar (September 12, 1932 – October 18, 2015) was an American mission design specialist who worked for NASA. He designed halo orbits and was involved in a number of spaceflight missions.

Farquhar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 for deep space missions to asteroids and comets and for leading the NEAR mission to Eros.