October 11, 2013

Prof Jesus Martínez-Frías (Spain), Chair of IUGS Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer and President of IUGS Affiliate International Association for Geoethics (IAGETH) has been awarded a NASA Group Achievement Award (2013). This NASA Award is received as part of the "MSL REMS Instrument Development and Science Team" For exceptional achievement defining the REMS scientific goals and requirements, developing the instrument suite and investigation, and operating REMS successfully on Mars. This is the second NASA award received by Prof. Martínez-Frías. In 2006, he was also recipient of a NASA Group Achievement Award for his participation in the "Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment Project (M.A.R.T.E.)", For exceptional performance in the exploration and discovery of a new subsurface biosphere on Earth, while developing and demonstrating a system for searching for subsurface life on Mars.