NASA Calls On UND Prof For Dawn Asteroid Mission Guidance; Dr. Michael Gaffey, UND professor of Space Studies and winner of the 2006 Planetary Division of the Geological Society of Americ.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2007-University Of North Dakota: NASA Calls On UND Prof For Dawn Asteroid Mission Guidance; Dr. Michael Gaffey, UND professor of Space Studies and winner of the 2006 Planetary Division of the Geological Society of Americ(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01082007 As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) prepared for the upcoming September launch of its Dawn mission, it called on University of North Dakota planetary geologist Mike Gaffey for advice.

Gaffey, a professor and interim chair of Space Studies at the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, is an internationally recognized and honored expert in asteroids and meteorites. He spent a week recently with NASA Dawn mission planners and other...