Alan Stern — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Principal Investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto.
CEO at Uwingu (since 2012) and Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at World View (since 2011).
Associate Vice President at Southwest Research Institute (since 2009).
Authored two books: 'The U.S. Space Program After Challenger' (1987) and 'Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System' (1997, 2005).
Involved in 24 suborbital, orbital, and planetary space missions, serving as principal investigator for eight.
Holds a PhD in Astrophysics & Planetary Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Serves on the board of directors for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Biography

Dr. Alan Stern is an American engineer, planetary scientist, space program executive, aerospace consultant, and author. He currently serves as the CEO of Uwingu (since 2012) and is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at World View (since 2011).

Since 2009, he has also been an Associate Vice President at the Southwest Research Institute. Stern is widely recognized as the Principal Investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto.