1918–2020
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George Carruthers
1939–2020
United States
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Carruthers developed the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph that astronauts placed on the Moon during Apollo 16, providing the first images of Earth's atmosphere from space.
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c. 1864–1943
1731–1806