Colin Pillinger was born on May 9, 1943 in Bristol, England, UK. He was married to Judith Mary Hunter. He died on May 7, 2014 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Higher Education and to Science.
Rovston, Hertfordshire, England
He earned a PhD in chemistry from the University of Swansea, and was a research fellow at Cambridge University.
He began his career at NASA, analyzing samples of moon rock during the Apollo program.