New Horizons NASA's Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
Museum goers and students discovered how NASA's New Horizons mission will unlock the mysteries of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt system from members of the New Horizons team during the May 14 Plutopalooza at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.The Explorers Club hosted members of the New Horizons team during the May 13 Plutopalooza. Together, they presented an active overview of the mission and the men and women who make it possible, then answered que
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On May 14, audience members are presented with an engaging overview of NASA's New Horizons mission hosted by The Explorers Club during Plutopalooza in New York. Presenters from left to right: Carter Emmart, director of the American Museum of Natural History; Tiffany Finley, principal engineer in the Space Operations Department, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO; Cathy Olkin, New Horizons deputy project scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO; Marc Buie, planetary scientist and observational astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO.
Marc Buie, a planetary scientist and observational astronomer from the Southwest Research Institute, demonstrates a model of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to museum goers and students.
Alan Stern is principal investigator for NASA's New Horizons mission.