George Robert Carruthers

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American physicist (1939-2020)

United States ScientistsLived 1939 to 2020 · aged 81

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Fame43.0

Momentum0.4

Languages11

In century#96,939

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

George Carruthers (right) and William Conway (left) examine the gold-plated Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera prior to the Apollo 16 mission

The gold-plated ultraviolet camera is brightly visible next to the moon lander in this assembled panorama shot taken on the Apollo 16 mission.

Awards 5

2017Arthur B.C. Walker II Award

2012National Medal of Technology and Innovation

2003National Inventors Hall of Fame

1973Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy

Arthur S. Flemming Award

Connected to George 6

Katherine JohnsonAlso won Arthur B.C. Walker II Award

Jun YeAlso won Arthur S. Flemming Award

Simon WhiteAlso won Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy Watts S. HumphreyAlso won National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Uroš SeljakAlso won Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy

Mary-Dell ChiltonAlso won National Medal of Technology and Innovation

About this person

George Robert Carruthers was an American space physicist and engineer. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972. Carruthers was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2003, and in 2011 he was awarded the National Medal for Technology and Invention.

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United States