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Italian ASI: awarded the excellence "SWIFT" and "FERMI"

Rome, Italy - "Henry Draper" Award to Neil Gehrels of NASA

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil Gehrels of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been awarded the Henry Draper Medal by the National Academy of Sciences, Washington. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will honor 18 individuals in 2009 with awards recognizing extraordinary scientific achievements in the areas of biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy, social sciences, psychology,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099391
Rome, Italy, 02/04/2009 16:40
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