Daniel Sarokon

NASA Launch Conductor

Daniel Sarokon (January 27, 1927 - January 1, 2006) was a NASA Launch Conductor, described as 'one of the most influential people in the history of space travel.^[1] His first launch was that of the Moon probe Surveyor 1 and in his career he supervised 30 lunar and planetary missions.^[1]

The launch of the New Horizons Pluto mission in January 2006 was dedicated in his honour.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Shuster, Patrick (January 16, 2006). "Spacecraft will carry memory of Sagamore native". Trib Total Media, Inc. Retrieved July 8, 2015.

External links

Article about the New Horizons launch and Sarokon

New Horizons

Timeline
Exploration of Pluto
List of New Horizons topics
New Frontiers program

Targets

Flybys	132524 APL Jupiter Pluto 486958 Arrokoth
Observations	Neptune and Triton 2011 JY31 2011 KW48 15810 Arawn 28978 Ixion 50000 Quaoar 136108 Haumea 136199 Eris 136472 Makemake (307261) 2002 MS4 (516977) 2012 HZ84 (556416) 2014 OE394 2012 HE85
Rejected	2011 HM102 2014 MT69 2014 OS393 2014 PN70

Spacecraft

Instruments	Alice Long Range Reconnaissance Imager PEPSSI Ralph REX Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter SWAP
Subsystems	GPHS-RTG

Personnel

Institutions	Applied Physics Laboratory Ball Aerospace Goddard Space Flight Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory KinetX Southwest Research Institute Stanford University University of Colorado
People	Frances Bagenal Richard Binzel Alice Bowman Marc Buie Lisa Hardaway Brian May Cathy Olkin Daniel Sarokon Mark Showalter Alan Stern Hal Weaver