Alan Stern

On July 14, 2015, all eyes were on Pluto. Alan Stern’s (PhDAstro) new book, co-authored with David Grinspoon, is Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto. It tells the story of the men and women behind the mission that sent the NASA spacecraft New Horizons screaming past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour. Alan, who led the mission, lives in Colorado with his wife, Carole. They have two daughters and a son.