UAH DIRECTOR OF CSPAR, DR. GARY ZANK, RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL COSPAR SPACE SCIENCE AWARD; MINOR PLANET NAMED IN HIS HONOR

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 26 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:

(L - R) Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund, COSPAR council president, presents Dr. Gary Zank, director of the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), with the 2026 Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Space Science Award in Florence, Italy.

A lifetime of probing the invisible forces that shape our solar system has earned a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researcher one of the highest honors in international space science, as well as an enduring place among the stars. Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and a faculty member and former chair of the Department of Sp...