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The Catholic University of America.
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Mario Acuna
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He was a major pioneer in the field of planetary magnetism. Acuña became a naturalized United States. citizen in April 1994. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in 1962, an Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán in 1967, and a Doctor of Philosophy 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.
Doctor Acuña died March 5, 2009, aged 68, of multiple myeloma at his home in Bowie, Maryland.
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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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Distinguished Service Meda
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
