15
January
2019
|
10:54 AM
America/New_York

USRA's Paul Schenk speaks at Press Conference on the Ultima Thule Flyby

January 3, 2019. USRA scientist Paul Schenk was a panelist at the Press Conference on the Ultima Thule Flyby. As a New Horizons Co -Investigator from LPI, he spoke on "Ultima Thule in Stereo." Other panelists at the press briefing included:

  • Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute
  • Mark Showalter, SETI Institute
  • Leslie Young,  Southwest Research Institute
  • Silvia Protopapa, Southwest Research Institute
  • James Tuttle Keane (Caltech), Leila Gabasova (University of Grenoble Alpes), Mallory Kinczyk (North Carolina State University), New Horizons Science Team Collaborators. 

Click the link below to see Paul's presentation. It is the fifth one. 

Download the full presentation

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft close flyby of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, shown here in an artist's illustration. Image credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Steve GribbenNASA's New Horizons spacecraft close flyby of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, shown here in an artist's illustration. Image credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Steve Gribben