January 30, 2021
From left: Dr Ken McCracken, Dr Alex Held, and Dr Daniel Graham. Image adapted from photos by CSIRO and Yuri Khotyaintsev, IRF
Three Australian researchers, including a Fellow of the Academy, have received international recognition for their contributions to astronomy and space science at the awards ceremony of the 43
Dr Ken McCracken AO FAA FTSE received the COSPAR Space Science Award for “outstanding contributions to space science”. Dr McCracken, elected a Fellow of the Academy in 1987, has been a leading light in space science for over 60 years, working across cosmic ray and heliospheric research, X-ray astronomy, interplanetary archeology and mineral exploration.
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