Díptico #14, © Rafael Navarro, 2021
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Rafael Navarro: de "Tientos".
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Rafael Navarro
Awakening 1989
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[MLS] Bassett and Navarro Shine as Colorado Rapids Overcome Austin FC
Colorado Rapids, Cole Bassett & Rafael Navarro / photo credit to GooddaySports.com
(Commerce City, by Wongeol Jeong) The Colorado Rapids secured a victory in their home game against Austin FC.
On the 15th local time, Colorado won 2-0 against Austin FC in an MLS regular season match held at their home ground, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
Both teams operated with the same 4-2-3-1 formation.…
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Rafael Navarro
Díptico #3
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Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez (1959-2021): The Mexican Astrobiologist Who Shaped Our Understanding of The Planet Mars
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez was a talented and internationally recognized chemist and astrobiologist who worked at NASA. Navarro-Gonzalez is known for his work with other researchers to study the planet Mars. He made fundamental contributions to several fields related to Astrobiology, the origin of life, and life in extreme environments. Among his many accomplishments, he helped lead the team that identified ancient organic compounds on Mars. He was a Co-I on the SAM instrument onboard NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory and on the HABIT instrument onboard ESA’s ExoMars mission. He was also on the Curiosity Mars rover team. His research blended laboratory simulations, fieldwork, and theoretical modeling in transdisciplines in chemistry, physics, and biology. This sort of dominance is unusual and requires a dynamic and intellectual curiosity beyond normal boundaries. He identified the role of volcanic lightning in the origin of life on Earth. He has established one of the very best laboratories in Latin-America.
He has published 137 papers, 4 edited books and over 225 abstracts. Among the most significant contributions are those that deal the detection of organics in Mars-like environments from cold (Antarctica), temperate (Atacama) and hot (Mojave and Libya) deserts on Earth.
Navarro-Gonzalez was born in Mexico City on April 25, 1959. He earned a bachelor’s in biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) where he became full professor in 2002, and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Navarro-González established the Laboratory of Plasma Chemistry and Planetary Studies of the Institute of Nuclear Science at UNAM.
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez was the first recipient of the Molina fellowship award. This prize recognizes outstanding scientific achievement. He was also the recipient of the 2009 Alexander von Humboldt Medal and the World Academy of Sciences Award in Earth Sciences.
He died on Jan. 28, 2021 due to Covid-19-related complications.
In honor of his service, NASA named a mountain on Mars after him. The mountain stretches 450 feet (120 meters) tall, “Rafael Navarro Mountain” is located on Mount Sharp in northwest Gale Crater.
Rafael Navarro Mountain
“Rafael was a good friend and dedicated scientist, and it has been a privilege and honor for our Mars exploration team to work with him over the years" said the principal investigator of Curiosity’s SAM experiment.
“We are truly honored to have a prominent hill named after our dad; it’s his and our dream come true to see this happen,” wrote Navarro-González’s children, Rafael and Karina Navarro Aceves, in a statement to NASA.
“Our dad was an accomplished scientist, but above all, a great human being who managed to balance work and family."
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La poesía de Rafael López de Ceráin: «Mitología y regresos» (2009)
Al publicar este su último libro, el propio autor explicaba en unas palabras preliminares: «Hacía tiempo que no escribía poesía. Necesitaba tema nuevo que rompiera mi tradición anterior». Y añadía que esa inspiración le había llegado, para la primera sección del libro, «Mitologías varias», del rico mundo de la mitología y la antigüedad greco-romana (se recopilan aquí ocho poemas), mientras que en…
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