Michael Freilich (oceanographer)
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Michael Freilich (oceanographer)
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Michael H. Freilich was an American oceanographer who served as director of the NASA Earth Science division from 2006–2019. In January 2020, NASA announced that the Sentinel-6A Oceanography mission was being renamed the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in his honor. Freilich played a key role in establishing the international partnership behind this mission. Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), paid tribute to him as follows: In addition to his leadership in defining th
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American oceanographer (1954–2020)
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2023-10-03T12:55:49Z
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