Public Lecture 21 Oct 2024, 6:30pm C1 Lecture theatre Univ Canterbury

[Orlon Petterson]

S. Alan Stern
Southwest Research Institute
Boulder, Colorado USA, astern@swri.edu

New Horizons: The Farthest Exploration of Worlds in History

After a dramatic, 26-year effort to develop and fly the mission, NASA’s New Horizons made
the first spacecraft exploration of the Pluto system in 2015, and the first spacecraft
exploration of any Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) in 2019. I will recount the history of the mission,
its historic encounters with planet Pluto and KBO Arrokoth, the major scientific discoveries
made to date, the viral pubic reaction to this exploration, and the mission’s future plans
during its extended mission to explore the Kuiper Belt, including a possible final KBO flyby,
in the late 2020s.

 

All Welcome
College of Science
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Te Kura Matū
Astronomy Public Lecture
Monday, 21st October 2024
6:30 p.m. – C1, Central Lecture Block

[Orlon Petterson]

Just an update, there are free tickets for the public lecture available in the link below, but CAS member don’t need to get one to attend.

https://events.humanitix.com/new-horizons-the-farthest-exploration-of-worlds-in-history

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