Planetary Society President and Popular Blogger Win Awards
The Carl Sagan Medal for outstanding public communication by a planetary scientist has gone to one of the late Dr. Sagans students. Dr. James Bell of Arizona State University has turned beautiful pictures taken on the surface of Mars into best-selling books. Bell, who is President of the Planetary Society (a role Sagan held until his death in 1996), was celebrated at an October 3 ceremony for his many years of communicating his passion for the exploration of space to the public. Read more
Squyres Wins Carl Sagan Medal for Public Outreach For his work making NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission a compelling saga for millions of people, Steven W. Squyres, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy and principal scientific investigator for the mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society.