Clyde Tombaugh Ashes On New Horizons Space Probe

Title: Clyde Tombaugh Ashes On New Horizons Space Probe
Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Date: 2006
Description: The New Horizons spacecraft carries a small container of Clyde Tombaugh's ashes on its inside upper deck. An inscription on it, written by mission Principal Investigator Alan Stern, reads: "Interred herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system's "Third Zone," Adelle and Muron's boy, Patricia's husband, Annette and Alden's father, astronomer, teacher, punster, and friend: Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997)."
Language: English
Publisher: phys.org
Contributor: Jacob Johnson
Subject: Clyde Tombaugh; New Horizons
Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-02-tombaugh-discovery-pluto-revolutionized-knowledge.html ( Date Accessed: October 22)