Dr. Carly Howett's main interest in finding new ways to explore our solar system through the development of new instrumentation, missions and ground-based observations. Her main research interest is in understanding the surface properties of icy worlds, including Saturn's icy moons, Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, Europa, and Kuiper Belt Objects (including Pluto and Charon). She is the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Ralph Instrument on New Horizons, an Instrument Scientist on NASA's newly selected Lucy mission and a Co-Investigator on two other NASA missions: Cassini and Europa Clipper. She is also the Deputy Principal Investigator of Trident, a NASA mission in Phase A study that will explore Neptune's moon Triton, and the Principal Investigator in a NASA funded Planetary Mission Concept Study to determine the feasibility of returning to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
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How the Universe Works (2010)
Guest starring as Planetary Scientist
(9 episodes)
- Episode 11x05: Solar System Special (Apr 2, 2023)
- Episode 11x01: The Moons of Saturn (Mar 5, 2023)
- Episode 10x06: Voyager's Ultimate Mission (Apr 10, 2022)
- Episode 9x11: Mystery of Alien Worlds (Jun 2, 2021)
- Episode 9x04: Aliens of the Microcosmos (Apr 14, 2021)
- Episode 9x03: Secrets of the Sun (Apr 7, 2021)
- Episode 9x02: Mission to a Comet (Mar 31, 2021)
- Episode 8x06: When NASA Met Jupiter (Feb 6, 2020)
- Episode 7x10: Cassini's Final Secrets (Mar 12, 2019)
The Sky at Night (1957)
Guest starring as University of Oxford
- Episode 2021-10-10: The Forgotten Solar System (Oct 10, 2021)
Guest starring as Co-Investigator (New Horizons, Beyond Pluto)
- Episode 2019-01-13: Beyond Pluto (Jan 13, 2019)