Scott Bolton (engineer)
Encyclopedia
Dr. Scott Bolton is Director of the Southwest Research Institute
's Space Science and Engineering Division. He is currently the principal investigator for Juno
, a mission to study Jupiter's magnetic and gravitational fields, part of NASA's New Frontiers program to explore the outer planets of the solar system. Bolton previously served on the Galileo mission as a member of the plasma spectrometer team.
Southwest Research Institute
Southwest Research Institute , headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organizations in the United States...
's Space Science and Engineering Division. He is currently the principal investigator for Juno
Juno (spacecraft)
Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft is to be placed in a polar orbit to study the planet's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere...
, a mission to study Jupiter's magnetic and gravitational fields, part of NASA's New Frontiers program to explore the outer planets of the solar system. Bolton previously served on the Galileo mission as a member of the plasma spectrometer team.
External links
- Official website on JPL
- Official website on SWRI website