About
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Alan Stern is the co-author of of the recently released “Chasing New Horizons, Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto,” and also an engineer and planetary scientist, who has held executive roles at NASA and who leads New Horizons, NASA's mission to the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt. He has served as a consultant to private space exploration projects, including Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, and he is a co-founder of Worldview Enterprises, which has raised $42 million to provide an accessible, affordable way to access near-space with high-altitude balloons.
Experience
World View
View →Present, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Acquired1661805 E. Aerospace Pkwy, Tucson, AZ 85756, USAAviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing · Aerospace
1 Open Job →
50k300 E Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20546, USAAviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing · Aerospace
17 Open Jobs →- Associate Vice President · Southwest Research Institute2009 – present
- President and CEO · Golden Spike
Education
- University of Colorado · Ph.D., Astrophysics & Planetary Science1987 – 1989
- The University of Texas at Austin · M.S, Planetary Atmospheres– 1981
- The University of Texas at Austin · B.A., Astronomy– 1981
- The University of Texas at Austin · M.S, Aerospace Engineering– 1980
- The University of Texas at Austin · B.A.Sc., Physics– 1978
People at World View
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