John Bahcall looks at the camera in front of a bookshelf. He wears a light gray shirt, red tie, and glasses.

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Astrophysicist John Bahcall tirelessly pushed lawmakers for funding and support for the Hubble Space Telescope mission, while simultaneously contributing to the scientific design of the project.

Credits: Dan Bahcall, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons