Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, Professor Murray as part of an international team of astronomers and scientists working on the Cassini-Huygens project, a joint NASA/ESA robotic spacecraft mission currently studying the planet Saturn, its moons and rings. The spacecraft was launched in 1997 and entered into orbit around Saturn in 2004. Professor Murray is a member of the Cassini Imaging Team. Carl Murray’s contributions to QMUL over a distinguished career lasting 39 years. Carl has made enormous contributions across the spectrum of academic life during his time at QMUL. These include having a leading involvement in the NASA/ESA Cassini mission to Saturn, which helped make the mission a great success, with personal discoveries of satellites and ring structure being a particular highlight that brought significant benefit to QMUL as an internationally recognised centre of excellence in Solar System studies. The publication of his book The Solar System also contributed greatly to this reputation. Carl’s work in outreach and public engagement is also recognised for the benefit it brought to the general public and the numerous school students who were inspired by participating in the programmes you initiated. Finally, his teaching of both undergraduate and postgraduate students is viewed as having been exemplary by colleagues and students alike. News Articles: The mission of a lifetime: Professor Carl Murray and Cassini, 27 years later