Colin Pillinger
Colin Trevor Pillinger, CBE FRS FRAS FRGS (/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, he was also the principal investigator for the British Beagle 2 Mars lander project, and worked on a group of Martian meteorites.
Colin Pillinger CBE FRS FRAS FRGS | |
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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) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | University College of Swansea (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Beagle 2 Mars lander Analyzing Apollo lunar samples |
| 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) |
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