Photograph of Luna 24 lunar rock sample
Date
ca.1977
Creator
Colin Trevor Pillinger (1943 - 2014, British)
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height: 184mm
width: 241mm
width: 241mm
Subject
Earth Sciences
> Geophysics (Earth Sciences)
Astronomy
> Solar System
Astronomy
> Astrophysics (Astronomy)
Earth Sciences
> Geochemistry (Earth Sciences)
> Geophysics (Earth Sciences)
Astronomy
> Solar System
Astronomy
> Astrophysics (Astronomy)
Earth Sciences
> Geochemistry (Earth Sciences)
Content object
Description
Magnified photograph of a lunar sample (number 24060) collected by the unmanned USSR moon mission Luna 24.
From the Colin Pillinger collection. Colin Trevor Pillinger CBE FRS (1943 - 2014) applied mass spectrometry analysis to lunar samples returned by the US Apollo missions and Russian Luna missions, and analysed meteorites. He was principle investigator for the Beagle 2 Mars lander, and played a leading role in the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission which successfully landed the Philae lander on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Colin Pillinger was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993, receiving the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize in 2012.
From the Colin Pillinger collection. Colin Trevor Pillinger CBE FRS (1943 - 2014) applied mass spectrometry analysis to lunar samples returned by the US Apollo missions and Russian Luna missions, and analysed meteorites. He was principle investigator for the Beagle 2 Mars lander, and played a leading role in the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission which successfully landed the Philae lander on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Colin Pillinger was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993, receiving the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize in 2012.