{"product_id":"chasing-new-horizons-alan-stern-9781250098979","title":"Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalled spellbinding (\u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e) and thrilling...a future classic of popular science (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), the up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons' mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour, focusing its instruments on the long mysterious icy worlds of the Pluto system, and then, just as quickly, continued on its journey out into the beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing like this has occurred in a generation--a raw exploration of new worlds unparalleled since NASA's Voyager missions to Uranus and Neptune--and nothing quite like it is planned to happen ever again. The photos that New Horizons sent back to Earth graced the front pages of newspapers on all 7 continents, and NASA's website for the mission received more than 2 billion hits in the days surrounding the flyby. At a time when so many think that humankind's most historic achievements are in the past, the most distant planetary exploration ever attempted not only succeeded but made history and captured the world's imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did this happen? \u003ci\u003eChasing New Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the men and women behind this amazing mission: of their decades-long commitment and persistence; of the political fights within and outside of NASA; of the sheer human ingenuity it took to design, build, and fly the mission; and of the planning for New Horizons' second act, the amazing January 1, 2019 flyby of Ultima Thule, another billion miles beyond Pluto. Told from the insider's perspective of mission leader Dr. Alan Stern and others on New Horizons, \u003ci\u003eChasing New Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting account of scientific discovery, and of how much we humans can achieve when people focused on a dream work together toward their incredible goal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Stern, David Grinspoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250098971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250098979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Alan Stern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046537654527,"sku":"9781250098979","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70e571c2-0997-472b-8d8b-15d81b34c6e1.jpg?v=1684985113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-new-horizons-alan-stern-9781250098979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}