Tag: Schweickart Prize
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Schweickart Prize Awarded to Astronomer Proposing Solar Direction Asteroid Detection Campaign
In a milestone event on June 28, the inaugural Schweickart Prize was presented to Joseph DeMartini, a Ph.D. student in astronomy at the University of Maryland. DeMartini received a $10,000 grant from the B612 Foundation’s newly established prize named after Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart. This annual award recognizes graduate students who propose innovative strategies for…