What is Colin Pillinger?
[[File:Colin Pillinger.jpg|thumb|Colin Pillinger in July 2009.]] '''Colin Trevor Pillinger''', {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} (9 May 1943 &ndash; 7 May 2014) was a [[British people|British]] [[Planetary science|planetary scientist]] at the [[Open University]]. He was the main investigator for the British failed [[Beagle 2]] [[Mars]] lander project. He also worked on a group of [[Martian meteorite]]s. He was born in [[Kingswood, South Gloucestershire|Kingswood]], [[South Gloucestershire]]. Pillinger died from a [[Cerebral hemorrhage|brain haemorrhage]] on 7 May 2014 at the [[Addenbrooke's Hospital]] in [[Cambridge]], [[Cambridgeshire]]. He was 70.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27322166|title=Colin Pillinger dies after brain haemorrhage|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=8 May 2014|access-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://colinpillinger.com/barnstormpr.co.uk/index.asp/}} * {{IMDb name|1553844}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillinger, Colin}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:British astronomers]] [[Category:British chemists]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Academics of the Open University]] [[Category:People with multiple sclerosis]] {{Bio-stub}}