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The Team

Team Photo
New Horizons Science Team Photo, November 2005
Kennedy Space Center with the Atlas V

Team Photo
New Horizons Team Photo November 2004

Meet the Team

Southwest Research Institute

A Conversation with the Team

Team Leaders

Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

  • Institution of the Principal Investigator, Dr. Alan Stern
  • Science team and science instrument payload management
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

  • Mission management and development
  • Spacecraft integration and operations

Major Partners

Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace - Ralph instrument
The Boeing Company
Boeing - STAR48B upper stage rocket engine
U.S. Department of Energy
Department of Energy (DoE) - Power supply
KinetX, Inc.
KinetX, Inc. - Navigation team
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed-Martin - Atlas V launch vehicle
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - LEISA infrared focal plane (Ralph instrument)
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center - NASA Launch Services Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Technical analysis, Co-I support and the Deep Space Network
Stanford University
Stanford University - REX radio science investigation
University of Colorado University of Colorado - Student Dust Counter instrument and Co-I support
Subaru Telescope - Kuiper Belt Object search support

Science Team
Principal Investigator: Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute
Project Scientist: Hal Weaver, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Deputy Project Scientist: Leslie Young, Southwest Research Institute

Co-Investigators
Fran Bagenal, University of Colorado
Richard Binzel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bonnie Buratti, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Andy Cheng, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dale Cruikshank, NASA Ames Research Center
Randy Gladstone, Southwest Research Institute
Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory
David Hinson, Stanford University
Mihaly Horanyi, University of Colorado
Don Jennings, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ivan Linscott, Stanford University
Dave McComas, Southwest Research Institute
William McKinnon, Washington University
Ralph McNutt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Jeffrey Moore, NASA Ames Research Center
Scott Murchie, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute
Harold Reitsema, Ball Aerospace
Dennis Reuter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dave Slater Southwest Research Institute
John Spencer, Southwest Research Institute
Darrell Strobel, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Summers, George Mason University
Len Tyler, Stanford University

 
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