Who Knew WashU?

Question: The McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, in Arts & Sciences, is celebrating its 50-year anniversary. Faculty fellow William B. McKinnon helped conceive NASA’s mission to fly by this celestial body. What is it?

Answer: C) Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft completed a fly-by of Pluto and its system of satellites in 2015, marking the first close-up exploration of the dwarf planet. Read about more MCSS milestones on the Ampersand website.

Congrats to this week’s winner, Nick Hellebusch, who works in Operations & Facilities Management at WashU Medicine and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!