New Horizons Overview New Horizons was one of

New Horizons: Overview New Horizons was one of the consortia proposals submitted for AO-OSS-01, NASA’s request for flyby mission proposals to Pluto. Charon and the Kuiper Belt. New Horizons was selected by NASA on 29 Nov 2001. The Senate and House funded New Horizons to enter fullscale development in their FY 03 NASA bill. President Bush signed this funding bill on 20 Feb 2003. New Horizons is now in Phase C/D and designated New Frontiers 1. 12 June 2003 A. Stern

New Horizons Overview Ø Spacecraft: A heritage-base, highlyredundant systems, and carrying a 300 m/s ΔV budget. Mass: ~415 kg. Ø Encounters: A two-month Jupiter encounter, a five-month Pluto-Charon encounter, then on to explore one or more KBOs. Ø Payload: 7 distinct instruments, plus EPO Student Dust Counter. Ø Science Performance: Exceeds the AO specs for all Group 1 objectives; meets or exceeds the all Group 2, and 3 of the 4 Group 3 objectives. 12 June 2003 A. Stern

New Horizons Organization Chart 12 June 2003 A. Stern

Science Team Overview Programmatic: q Principal Investigator: Alan Stern q Project Scientist: Hal Weaver q Deputy Project Scientist: Leslie Young 12 June 2003 Other Co. Is: Fran Bagenal Rick Binzel Bonnie Buratti Andy Cheng Dale Cruikshank Randy Gladstone Will Grundy Dave Hinson Mihaly Horanyi Don Jennings Ivan Linscott Jeff Moore Dave Mc. Comas Bill Mc. Kinnon Ralph Mc. Nutt Scott Murchie Carolyn Porco Harold Reitsema Dennis Reuter Dave Slater John Spencer Darrel Strobel Mike Summers Len Tyler A. Stern

Science Team Quick Guide: Mission Responsibilities ROLE Principal Instigator Stern Project Scientist Weaver Deputy Project Scientist Young EPO Lead 12 June 2003 INDIVIDUAL Bagenal A. Stern

Science Team Quick Guide: Key Support ROLE Payload Manager Bill Gibson Payload Systems Engineer Mark Tapley SOC Project Manager John Andrews EPO Project Manager Kerri Beisser HQ Program Scientist Denis Bogan JPL Science Resource 12 June 2003 INDIVIDUAL Bonnie Buratti A. Stern

Science Team Quick Guide: Payload Responsibilities PROJECT SCIENTIST Slater PROJECT MANAGER Reuter LORRI Stern [Jennings] Cheng/ Weaver John Scherrer/ Bob Parizek Kim Cooper REX Tyler Linscott Chris De. Boy PEPSSI Mc. Nutt Will Devereux SWAP Mc. Comas Scott Weidner SDC Horanyi INSTRUMENT PI PERSI-ALICE Stern PERSI-RALPH [LEISA] 12 June 2003 Colin Mitchell John Scherrer Gene Holland A. Stern

Science Team Quick Guide: Science Theme Team Membership THEME TEAM LEAD Geology, Moore Geophysics, Imaging (GGI) Composition (COMP) MEMBERS Spencer Binzel, Buratti, Cheng, Murchie, Porco, Reitsema, Reuter, Weaver Cruikshank Grundy Atmospheres Gladstone (ATM) Particles and Bagenal Plasmas (P&P) 12 June 2003 DEPUTY Jennings, Reuter, Spencer Summers Hinson, Linscott, Mc. Nutt, Slater, Strobel, Summers, Tyler, Weaver, Young Horanyi Cheng, Horanyi, Mc. Comas, Mc. Nutt A. Stern

1989 -2003: The Pluto Mission Labyrinth (DC) 12 June 2003 A. Stern