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Fiona Harrison is an American astronomer at Caltech notable for serving as the principal investigator of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission.
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What major NASA project was led by Fiona Harrison?
She served as the principal investigator for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission. Launched in 2012, it was the first space-based telescope capable of focusing high-energy X-rays.
Where does Fiona Harrison conduct her research?
She is a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She has been a faculty member there since 1995 and previously served as the chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy.
What did the NuSTAR mission discover under Harrison's leadership?
The telescope provided the first map of radioactive material in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Under her guidance, NuSTAR also successfully measured the spin rates of supermassive black holes.
Has Fiona Harrison won any major scientific awards?
Yes, she was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 2018 for her leadership on the NuSTAR mission. She also received the prestigious Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physical Society in 2015.
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