Grunsfield announced his retirement from NASA, starting April 30
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John M. Grunsfeld
John Mace Grunsfeld is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist. His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray physics and the emerging field of exoplanet studies with specific interest in future astronomical instrumentation. After retiring from NASA in 2009, he served…
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Born 10 October 1958 · Q362209
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2015· 1 entry
WGN Radio: Who do you call when NASA finds a new planet? Chicago Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, PhD.
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: NASA's Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate (2012–2016).
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2011· 2 entries
c-span: John M. Grunsfeld
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His father, Ernest Grunsfeld III, died in 2011 at the age of 81.
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2009· 1 entry
Served as the deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland
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2003· 2 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2003).
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Career landmark: NASA Chief Scientist (2003–2004).
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1997· 1 entry
Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1997).
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1984· 1 entry
And a Doctor of Philosophy in physics in 1988
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1958· 1 entry
Born 1958-10-10.
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