Mario Acuña
Mario Acuña was born in Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina on March 12th, 1940 and is the Argentinean Astrophysicist Who Worked At NASA. At the age of 68, Mario Acuña biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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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 one of the leaders NASA delegation who visited Argentina in July 1987 to start the collaboration between NASA and CNIE (the predecessor of CONAE).
Dr. Acuña is best known for his work in Planetary magnetism and his contributions leading to the discovery of Jupiter's ring, as well as the magnetic field of Mars. His research laboratory was involved in the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program in which they collected weather data for the military, as well as leading the world in development of scientific instruments that measure physical phenomena.
Dr. Acuña has received many awards including the Moe Schneebaum Memorial Award in 1979, the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1986, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1996, the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award in 1999, and the Presidential Rank Meritorious Award in 2003.