Alan Stern
Author of Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
About the Author
Image credit: Official NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls
Works by Alan Stern
Bil Baird's Whistling Wizard 3 copies
Phone interview 1 copy
Gravity Rules 1 copy
When Copernicus Smiled 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Stern, Alan
- Legal name
- Stern, S. Alan
- Birthdate
- 1957-11-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Education
- University of Colorado, Boulder (PhD - Astrophysics and Planetary Science)
University of Texas at Austin (BS - Physics, BS - Astronomy, MS - Aerospace Engineeing, MS - Planetary Atmospheres)
St. Mark's School (Dallas) - Occupations
- planetary scientist
aerospace engineer - Organizations
- University of Colorado
Southwest Research Institute
NASA Outer Planets Science Working Group
Challenger Center for Space Science Education
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Martin Marietta Aerospace (show all 8)
Odyssey Moon Limited
Blue Origin - Awards and honors
- Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World (2007)
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Statistics
- Works
- 12
- Members
- 363
- Popularity
- #66,173
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 31
Chasing New Horizons at times feels a little too shallow for its own sake. This isn't American Moonshot which spends 700 pages delving into political and scientific niceties. However, this book does give its reader a good idea of how much work went into the project and why New Horizons was so important.… (more)