Kenneth G. McCracken, AO (born 7 August 1933) is an Australian physicist and leading space scientist, foundation Director of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Office of Space Science and Applications and Foundation Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Physics. He had earlier worked in the United States of America for several years where he occasionally worked as a consultant for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).[1]
Kenneth McCracken was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the only child of Richard McCracken and Elisabeth Menzies (both Scottish emigrants). Kenneth was educated at Morooka Primary, Brisbane (1939), Deepdene Primary, Melbourne (1940–43) and Telopea Park Primary, Canberra (1943–44); his secondary schooling was at Canberra High School (1945–46) and Hobart High School (1946-49).[2]
McCracken was awarded the Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science in 1969,[1] the Gold Medal of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Australia Prize (jointly) in 1995 and the Ian William Wark Medal (2001) and Haddon King Medal (2003) of the Australian Academy of Science.[2] He was also made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1989.[2]
McCracken was the Principal Investigator of an experiment on the Pioneer 7 mission.[3]
His entertaining autobiography biography is "Blast Off", ISBN9781741106442, published by New Holland Publishers in 2008.
External linksedit
Audio interview with Ken McCracken by Richard Fidler at Australian Broadcasting Corporation website
Referencesedit
^ abcRosanne Walker. "McCracken, Kenneth Gordon". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ abc. CSIRO. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^"Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy". NASA. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
April 11, 2024
kenneth, mccracken, born, august, 1933, australian, physicist, leading, space, scientist, foundation, director, csiro, commonwealth, scientific, industrial, research, organisation, office, space, science, applications, foundation, chief, csiro, division, miner. Kenneth G McCracken AO born 7 August 1933 is an Australian physicist and leading space scientist foundation Director of the CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Office of Space Science and Applications and Foundation Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Physics He had earlier worked in the United States of America for several years where he occasionally worked as a consultant for NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1 Kenneth McCrackenBorn7 August 1933BrisbaneNationalityAustralianAlma materUniversity of TasmaniaKnown forSpace scienceAwardsPawsey Medal 1969 Australia PrizeScientific careerFieldsAstrophysicsInstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNASAUniversity of AdelaideKenneth McCracken was born in Brisbane Queensland the only child of Richard McCracken and Elisabeth Menzies both Scottish emigrants Kenneth was educated at Morooka Primary Brisbane 1939 Deepdene Primary Melbourne 1940 43 and Telopea Park Primary Canberra 1943 44 his secondary schooling was at Canberra High School 1945 46 and Hobart High School 1946 49 2 McCracken then studied at the University of Tasmania where he obtained a Bachelor of Science with Honours BSc Hons in 1954 and a Doctor of Philosophy PhD in 1959 From 1961 to 1962 McCracken was assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1963 to 1965 he was a member of the NASA Space Radiation Protection Committee from 1966 to 1969 he was a professor at the University of Adelaide 1 McCracken was awarded the Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science in 1969 1 the Gold Medal of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists the Australia Prize jointly in 1995 and the Ian William Wark Medal 2001 and Haddon King Medal 2003 of the Australian Academy of Science 2 He was also made an Officer of the Order of Australia AO in 1989 2 McCracken was the Principal Investigator of an experiment on the Pioneer 7 mission 3 His entertaining autobiography biography is Blast Off ISBN 9781741106442 published by New Holland Publishers in 2008 External links editAudio interview with Ken McCracken by Richard Fidler at Australian Broadcasting Corporation websiteReferences edit a b c Rosanne Walker McCracken Kenneth Gordon Encyclopedia of Australian Science Retrieved 23 May 2012 a b c McCracken Kenneth Gordon CSIRO Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 24 May 2012 Cosmic Ray Anisotropy NASA Retrieved 24 May 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenneth G McCracken amp oldid 1188554953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
