Looking back at a New Horizons New Year's to remember
Safe to say, 2020 came in more quietly for many members of the New Horizons mission team than did 2019.
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Little Pluto bigger than scientists thought as flyby looms
Little Pluto is a little bigger than anyone imagined.
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2015
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Image: Pluto's majestic mountains, frozen plains and foggy hazes
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft looked back toward the sun and captured this near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending ...
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2015
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New Horizons spacecraft stays the course to Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is getting a final "all clear" as it speeds closer to its historic July 14 flyby of Pluto and the dwarf planet's five moons.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2015
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New Horizons returns last bits of 2015 flyby data to Earth
NASA's New Horizons mission reached a major milestone this week when the last bits of science data from the Pluto flyby – stored on the spacecraft's digital recorders since July 2015 – arrived safely on Earth.
Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2016
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Spacecraft opens new year with flyby on solar system's edge (Update)
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft pulled off the most distant exploration of another world Tuesday, skimming past a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles from Earth that looks to be shaped like a bowling pin.
Space Exploration
Jan 1, 2019
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New Horizons could help us locate possible planets beyond Neptune (Update)
The announcement by Caltech astronomers of evidence of a giant planet lurking in the outskirts of the solar system has re-ignited the discussion about the existence of planets beyond Neptune. We could be on the verge of confirming ...
Space Exploration
Feb 8, 2016
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Solar Wind Around Pluto instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the sun
Measurements taken by the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft are providing important new insights from some of the farthest reaches of space ever explored. In a paper recently ...
Astronomy
Dec 2, 2019
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From Mercury to Pluto—the year ahead in planetary exploration
2015 is already shaping up to be a big year in astronomy and planetary exploration, with the best yet to come. Here are some highlights to keep your eye on throughout the year.
Feb 5, 2015
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Frozen cones on Pluto—the first discovery of ice volcanoes?
Ice volcanoes have shaped my life, and until today I didn't even know if they actually existed. Now, thanks to NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, there's a good chance we've found a frozen volcanic cone on the surface of Pluto.
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Nov 10, 2015
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