Planets and Moons ID: 11950

New Horizons Interview with Dennis Reuter

Released on July 13, 2015

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is speeding towards Pluto for the first-ever flyby on July 14, 2015. Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet's chemical and atmospheric makeup, and the Ralph spectrometer will do just that. Instrument scientist Dennis Reuter discusses Ralph, Pluto, and exploration of our solar system's last frontier, the Kuiper belt.

For More Information

NASA.gov

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.php

Credits

Dennis Reuter (NASA/GSFC):
Scientist

Dan Gallagher (USRA):
Producer
Editor

Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.):
Videographer

John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.):
Production Assistant

Katrina Jackson (ARTS):
Associate Producer

Nasreen Alkhateeb (AIMM):
Makeup Artist

Chris Smith (Self):
Animator

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (animations)

Southwest Research Institute (animations)