The other day, I heard that Bobak Ferdowsi, “Mohawk Guy” as he’s known to a legion of online admirers, was going to be seated at first lady Michelle Obama’s box during President Barack Obama’s State ...

Science has been fraught with unintended consequences, and the Mars Curiosity rover landing is no different. In fact, it turns out that the rover has helped the Internet discover a new star: Bobak ...

WASHINGTON — NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” Bobak Ferdowsi, a flight director for the Mars Science Laboratory mission that lowered the Curiosity rover to the Martian surface in early August, will host a two-hour ...

NASA Mars Curiosity flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, better known to Web users as “Mohawk Guy,” after photos of his distinctive hairstyle went viral following his appearance in the NASA livestream of ...

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PASADENA, Calif. • Known to the Twitterverse and the president as "Mohawk Guy" of the Mars mission, Bobak Ferdowsi could be the changing public face of NASA and all of geekdom. Ferdowsi, 32, whose ...

Bobak Ferdowsi, NASA's flight director for the Curiosity Mars landing mission, told Wired magazine he'll reveal a new hairstyle for the presidential inauguration parade today. He and others will be ...