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Discovering How Planetary Building Blocks Form

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Revealing the First Primordial Planetesimal

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The Ultima Thule Flyby

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First Results

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The Ultima Thule Flyby


Panelists included:

  • Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator, Southwest Research Institute
  • Helene Winters, New Horizons project manager, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
  • John Spencer, New Horizons deputy project scientist, Southwest Research Institute
  • Frederic Pelletier, navigation team lead, KinetX, Inc.

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Dr. Alan Stern

New Horizons Mission Principal Investigator
Southwest Research Institute

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Helene Winters

New Horizons Project Manager
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Fred Pelletier

New Horizons Navigation Team Chief
KinetX, Inc.

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John Spencer

New Horizons Deputy Project Scientist
Southwest Research Institute

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