Stamatios (Tom) M. Krimigis (Greek:Σταμάτιος Κριμιζής) is a Greek-American scientist in space exploration. He has contributed to many of the United States' unmanned space exploration programs of the Solar System and beyond. He has contributed to exploration missions to almost every planet of the Solar System. In 1999, the International Astronomical Union named the asteroid 8323 Krimigis (previously 1979 UH) in his honor.
World-renowned Greek astrophysicist, Stamatios Krimigis, said recently that a human settlement on Mars is a distant dream ... Stamatios Krimigis Krimigis took part in numerous space missions ... Krimigis’ love for his homeland.