Reuven Ramaty 1190672 195910776 2008-03-04T23:11:40Z MalafayaBot 553296 robot Adding: [[ro:Reuven Ramaty]] '''Reuven Ramaty''' ([[1937]] - [[2001]]) was a pioneer in the fields of [[solar physics]], [[gamma-ray astronomy]], [[nuclear astrophysics]], and [[cosmic rays]]. He was a [[HESSI]] Co-Investigator and one of the founding members of the HESSI team. His active involvement and enthusiastic support were critical for HESSI’s selection by [[NASA]] as the sixth [[Small Explorer]] ([[SMEX]]) mission. Following the launch on [[5 February]] [[2002]], HESSI was renamed in his honor. It became the [[Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager]] (RHESSI), the first space mission named after a NASA scientist. ==External links== *[http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/news/ramaty.html NASA bio] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramaty, Reuven}} [[Category:Hungarian astronomers]] [[Category:American astronomers]] [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:20th century astronomers]] {{US-astronomer-stub}} [[ro:Reuven Ramaty]]