Colin Pillinger | |
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 At Jodrell Bank Observatory in 2009 | |
| Born | Colin Trevor Pillinger 9 May 1943 Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 7 May 2014 (aged 70) |
| Alma mater | University College of Swansea (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Beagle 2 Mars lander Analyzing Apollo lunar samples[2] |
| Awards | Michael Faraday Prize (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary science |
| Institutions | Open University University of Cambridge University of Bristol Gresham College |
| Thesis | Studies on the nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy (1968) |
Colin Trevor Pillinger, CBE FRS FRAS FRGS[3] (/ˈpɪlɪndʒər/; 9 May 1943 – 7 May 2014) was an English planetary scientist. He was a founding member of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at Open University in Milton Keynes,[4] he was also the principal investigator for the British Beagle 2 Mars lander project, and worked on a group of Martian meteorites.[5][6][7]
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- ^ Michael Hanlon (2004). The real Mars. Basic Books. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-4050-3639-9.
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- ^ "Beagle 2 - in conversation with Colin Pillinger". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016.