Alan Stern
Sol Alan Stern is an American engineer and planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express.
Stern was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Joel and Leonard Stern. He graduated from St. Marks School of Texas in 1975. He then attended the University of Texas, Austin, where he received his bachelors degrees in physics amp astronomy and his masters degrees in aerospace engineering and planetary atmospheres. He earned a doctorate in astrophysics and planetary science from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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