Taylor M Potter

Pluto and Kuiper Belt flyby spacecraftNew HorizonsPluto system, Kuiper Belt, and outer heliosphere

Spacecraft: New Horizons spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 551
Science payload: Ralph visible/infrared imager, Alice ultraviolet spectrograph, LORRI camera, REX radio experiment, SWAP and PEPSSI particle instruments, and Student Dust Counter

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Polar Jupiter orbiterJunoPolar orbit around Jupiter

Spacecraft: Juno Jupiter orbiter
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 551
Science payload: Microwave radiometer, gravity and radio science, magnetometer, particle and plasma instruments, ultraviolet and infrared spectrographs, Waves, and JunoCam

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Asteroid sample-return and extended-mission spacecraftOSIRIS-REx / OSIRIS-APEXAsteroid Bennu, Earth sample return, and asteroid Apophis

Spacecraft: OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 411
Science payload: OCAMS cameras, OVIRS and OTES spectrometers, OLA laser altimeter, REXIS X-ray experiment, TAGSAM sampler, and sample-return capsule

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Robotic missionDragonflyTitan, Saturn's largest moon

Spacecraft: Dragonfly rotorcraft lander
Launch system: To be confirmed
Science payload: DraMS mass spectrometer and drill system, DraGNS gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer, DraGMet meteorology and geophysics package, DragonCam imaging suite, seismic sensors, and navigation cameras

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