While numerous individuals make vital contributions without which this mission could not occur, key team members include:
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory MSL Management During Surface Operations |
| Project Manager |
Jim Erickson |
| Deputy Project Manager |
Jennifer Trosper |
| Project Scientist |
John Grotzinger |
| Deputy Project Scientists |
Joy Crisp
Ashwin Vasavada |
| Chief Engineer |
Rob Manning |
| Project Systems Engineer |
Ben Cichy |
| Mission Management Office Manager |
Jennifer Trosper |
| Deputy Mission Management Office Manager |
Rick Welch |
| SA/SPaH Surface System Phase Lead |
Daniel Limonadi |
| Mission Assurance Manager |
Charlie Bell |
| Integrated Planning & Execution Team Chief |
Andrew Mishkin |
| Deputy Integrated Planning & Execution Team Chief |
Alicia Allbaugh |
| Engineering Operations Team Chief |
Jessica Samuels |
| Deputy Engineering Operations Team Chief |
Keith Naviaux |
| Real Time Operations Team Chief |
Navid Dehghani |
| Science Operations Team Chief |
Nicole Spanovich |
| Science Office Manager |
Ashwin Vasavada |
| Instrument Manager |
Jeff Simmonds |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory MSL Management During Development |
| Project Manager |
Pete Theisinger |
| Deputy Project Manager |
Richard Cook |
| Project Scientist |
John Grotzinger |
| Deputy Project Scientists |
Joy Crisp
Ashwin Vasavada |
| Chief Engineers |
Rob Manning and Joel Krajewski |
| Integrated System Engineering Lead |
Dara Sabahi |
| Project Systems Engineer |
Dara Sabahi |
| Deputy Project Systems Engineer |
Grace Tan-Wang |
| Flight System Manager |
Matt Wallace |
| Deputy Flight System Managers |
Jordan Evans |
| Mission System Manager |
Mike Watkins |
| Payload Manager |
John "Jeff" Simmonds |
| Mission Assurance Manager |
Richard Kemski |
| Launch Services and MultiMission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Office Manager |
David Woerner |
