Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez Mexican Scientist
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Birthplace |
Mexico City
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Died |
28th January, 2021
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Nationality |
Mexican
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Occupation |
Scientist
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Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, also known as Rafael Navarro-González and Rafael Navarro, was a NASA astrobiologist who worked with the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars, and who helped lead researchers in the identification of ancient organic compounds on the planet. He was an internationally recognized scientist who merged laboratory simulations, field studies and modeling based on biology, chemistry and physics. Navarro-Gonzalez noted the significance of volcanic lightning in the origin of life on Earth. His professional work included the SAM component on the Mars Science Laboratory, and the HABIT instrument on the Exomars mission. He passed on due to complications of COVID-19 on January 28, 2021. In April 2021, NASA named a mountain, "Rafael Navarro Mountain", on the planet Mars in his honor.
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