Abstract is: Farouk El-Baz (Egyptian Arabic: فاروق الباز, Pronunciation: [fɑˈruːʔ elˈbæːz, fæˈruːʔ]) (born January 2, 1938) is an Egyptian American space scientist and geologist, who worked with NASA in the scientific exploration of the Moon and the planning of the Apollo program. He was a leading geologist on the program, responsible for studying the geology of the Moon, the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions, and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography. He played a key role in the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, and later Apollo missions. He also came up with the idea of touchable Moon rocks at a museum, inspired by his childhood pilgrimage to Mecca where he touched the Black Stone (which in Islam is believed to be sent down from the heavens). He is married, has four daughters, and has six grandchildren. He was a Senior Advisor to Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak. Currently, El-Baz is a Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an Adjunct Professor of Geology at the Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Geological Society of America Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, and a member of the Board of Directors of CRDF Global. He was also elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC (2002) for selecting the landing sites for the Apollo missions, and for pioneering methods of discovering subsurface freshwater from space observations.
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P512 | academic degree | Doctor of Philosophy | Q752297 |
P166 | award received | Nevada Medal | Q16932833 |
Fellow of the Geological Society of America | Q61744931 | ||
Great Immigrants Award | Q121359767 | ||
P27 | country of citizenship | Egypt | Q79 |
P1343 | described by source | Obalky knih.cz | Q67311526 |
P69 | educated at | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Q49108 |
Heidelberg University | Q151510 | ||
Ain Shams University | Q2723670 | ||
Missouri University of Science and Technology | Q4380853 | ||
P108 | employer | Assiut University | Q246534 |
Boston University | Q49110 | ||
Heidelberg University | Q151510 | ||
Ain Shams University | Q2723670 | ||
P734 | family name | El-Baz | Q51254938 |
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P101 | field of work | geology | Q1069 |
desert | Q8514 | ||
space project | Q115154794 | ||
P735 | given name | Farouk | Q22930173 |
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P1412 | languages spoken, written or signed | English | Q1860 |
Arabic | Q13955 | ||
P463 | member of | International Astronomical Union | Q6867 |
National Academy of Engineering: Move toward Separate Status. | Q54676415 | ||
P102 | member of political party | Free Egyptians Party | Q962942 |
P106 | occupation | astronomer | Q11063 |
geologist | Q520549 | ||
university teacher | Q1622272 | ||
P21 | sex or gender | male | Q6581097 |
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