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Carl Sagan
Born: November 9, 1934Died: December 20, 1996
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator. He was a longtime professor at Cornell University, worked on NASA's Mariner, Viking, and Voyager missions, and co-created and hosted the landmark PBS series "Cosmos" (1980). He won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Dragons of Eden" and wrote the novel "Contact", later adapted into a film.
