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Dennis Reuter: A new perspective on Pluto

Two summer agom stargazers around the world were stunned by sharp images of Pluto beamed back by a NASA probe. Scientists got a highly detailed list of what the...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

July 22, 2016 10:30 am

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Dennis Reuter, staff scientist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Two summer agom stargazers around the world were stunned by sharp images of Pluto beamed back by a NASA probe. Scientists got a highly detailed list of what the dwarf planet is actually made of. Federal Drive with Tom Temin guest Dennis Reuter spent decades, along with his team, developing the imaging spectometer that flew by Pluto. For his work, he is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. View a gallery of all of the 2016 Sammies finalists.

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Two summer agom stargazers around the world were stunned by sharp images of Pluto beamed back by a NASA probe. Scientists got a highly detailed list of what the dwarf planet is actually made of. Federal Drive with Tom Temin guest Dennis Reuter spent decades, along with his team, developing the imaging spectometer that flew by Pluto. For his work, he is a finalist in this year’s Service to America Medals program. View a gallery of all of the 2016 Sammies finalists.