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Mario Acuña (March 12, 1940 – March 5, 2009), born in Córdoba, Argentina, was a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Space Plasmas and Planetary Magnetospheres Branches, and then as a Senior Astrophysicist. He was a major pioneer in the field of planetary magnetism. Acuña became a naturalized U.S. citizen in April 1994. He earned a B.A. degree from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in 1962, an MSEE degree from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán in 1967, and a Ph.D. in Space Physics from the Catholic University of America in 1974. Acuña was a principal investigator on magnetometer experiments flown on numerous missions over the years, from the Pioneer 11 Fluxgate Magnetometer Experiment in 1973 to the Mars Global Surveyor Magnetic Field Experiment in 1994, and the MESSENGER magnetometer. He was also the recipient of many professional awards, including election to the National Academy of Science, the Moe Schneebaum Memorial Award (the highest engineering award at Goddard), the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Dr. Acuña died March 5, 2009, aged 68, of multiple myeloma at his home in Bowie, Maryland. ==External links== * (Dr. Mario Acuña Vitae ) * (Super Mario's Blog ) * (Interview on The Space Show ) * (Mario Acuña ) at Hispanics Americans in Physics: Past Present, and Future * (Mario Acuña ) at Lunar and Planetary Institute * (Obituary in the Washington Post ) * (1999 John C. Lindsay Memorial Award Recipient ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mario Acuña」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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