In Memoriam: Jaclyn Allen, 1950–2023
Planetary science education recently lost a pioneer and one of our finest members. Jaclyn (Jackie) Allen passed away peacefully on May 4, 2023, held close by her family. In 1991, […]
Planetary science education recently lost a pioneer and one of our finest members. Jaclyn (Jackie) Allen passed away peacefully on May 4, 2023, held close by her family. In 1991, […]
Robert Osborne Pepin, planetary scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, passed away on January 6 at the age of 89. Pepin was the director of the Lunar […]
Klaus Keil passed away peacefully at home on February 25, 2022 after a long battle with cancer. He was Emeritus Professor, former Director of the Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and […]
Thomas W. (Tommy) Thompson passed away on Friday, October 8, from a sudden heart attack. Although officially retired from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Thompson had continued to be active professionally […]
Edward Robert Dalton Scott passed away unexpectedly on October 7, 2021, at his home in San Rafael, California. Scott was a distinguished meteoriticist, former President of the Meteoritical Society, and Emeritus […]
American astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, Carolyn Shoemaker, passed away on August 13, 2021, at the age of 92. “Carolyn was quite extraordinary,” noted Lisa Gaddis, Director of […]
Stuart Ross Taylor, one of the founding fathers of planetary science, passed away on May 23, 2021, in Canberra, Australia. Taylor served as the first visiting scientist at the Lunar […]
Roger Jay Phillips, American geophysicist, planetary scientist and professor emeritus at the Washington University in St. Louis, passed away on November 19, 2020. Phillips served as the Director of the Lunar […]
Dr. Katherine “Kit” Hoyt Price Blount reached apoapsis and departed this space-time continuum on February 5, 2020. She was born on September 20, 1951 in Rochester, New York. Blount was […]
David Criswell received his Ph.D. in 1968 from Rice University in the Department of Space Physics and Astronomy. His graduate research at Rice University included experimental work on auroral photometry […]
We are very sad to note that our friend and colleague, Paul Spudis, has passed away. Paul was an expert in lunar and terrestrial planetary geology, and throughout his career […]
Robert N. Clayton, a Canadian-American chemist and academic, died in his sleep on December 30, 2017, after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Clayton was the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus […]
Von R. Eshleman died peacefully in late September, five days after his 93rd birthday. Although he began his career in radar astronomy, he is best known as a pioneer in […]
Lawrence A. (“Larry”) Taylor passed away on September 18 after a brief bout with brain cancer. Taylor began his higher education in night school at Orange County Community College in Middletown, […]
Michael Francis A’Hearn, a pioneer in the field of planetary science and comet research, the principal investigator of the NASA Deep Impact and EPOXI missions, and recipient of the American […]
Nathan Bridges, a planetary research scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), died on April 26. He was 50 years old. Bridges was a senior expert on the geology […]
The Ukrainian scientific community is sad to announce the passing of Professor Edgard G. Yanovitskij on 23 June 2016. Dr. Yanovitskij spent his entire professional life as a leading researcher […]
From DPS Newsletter (https://dps.aas.org/news/andre-brahic-1942-2016), Athena Coustenis The planetary community, and in particular his French colleagues and friends, are very sad to announce the passing of Andre Brahic. Professor at the University […]
*In recognition of Dr. Gary B. Hansen* by: Tom McCord September 28, 2013 I have been informed that Dr. Gary B. Hansen passed away late Thursday evening, September 26, from […]
Our colleague and friend Bishun Khare died quietly on August 20 at the age of 80. Bishun is widely known for his early work on organic solid residues (tholins) related […]