Jacques Blamont
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Jacques Emile Blamont (13 October 1926 – 13 April 2020) was a French astrophysicist[1][2] and author. He was the founder scientific and technical director of National Centre for Space Studies (CNES-Centre national d'études spatiales). Blamont was known to have worked to the development of Veronique, the first rocket launched by France in 1957.[3][4] He was born in Paris.
He was an elected fellow of the French Academy of Technologies[5] and a professor emeritus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University (University of Paris VI).[6]
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[7]
Blamont was honored as Commander of the Legion of Honour and Padma Shri.[3][8]
Blamont died on 13 April 2020 in Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine, aged 93.[9]
Jacques Blamont Media
- PhobosMarte
Vega mission. NSSDC NASA PD image
Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia.
References
- ↑ Interview de Jacques Blamont. YouTube video (30 January 2013)Thinkerview. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ Interview with Jacques Blamont (2015)Jean-Paul Baquiast and Christophe Jacquemin. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Royal Academy of Sciences profile (2015)Royal Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 March 2015.[dead link]
- ↑ Planetary Society (2015)Planetary Society. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ NATF Fellow (2015)NATF. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ Diploweb (2015)Diploweb. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ Jacques BlamontAcademia Europaea.
- ↑ Padma Awards (2015)Padma Awards. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ↑ Augereau, Jean-François. L'astrophysicien, Jacques Blamont, un des pères de l'aventure spatiale française, est mort. Le Monde (14 April 2020). Retrieved 14 April 2020.