AvatarJustin Nguyen'It was just like we practiced': New Horizons' flawless Pluto flybyverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Deborah NetburnIt’s official: New Horizons has survived its close flyby of the Pluto system unscathed. “We have a healthy spacecraft, we have a healthy system, and we are outbound for Pluto,” Alice Bowman, mission operations manager for New Horizons, said Tuesday night after the first group of ones and zeros …
AvatarJustin NguyenNASA probe makes history at Plutoverified_publisherCNNLaurel, Maryland CNN — NASA has re-established contact with its New Horizons spacecraft after a planned communications blackout as the probe completes humankind’s first flyby of Pluto. Mission managers who were packed into the New Horizons “mission control” room anxiously waiting to hear from the …
AvatarJustin NguyenScientists React as Humanity Makes Its Closest Approach to Plutoslate.com - By Eric HolthausThis is it: We’ve made it to Pluto, and what a fascinating place it is. Tuesday morning’s true-color, full-disk image taken by the New Horizons probe …
AvatarJustin NguyenLittle world, big heart: Pluto stuns in New Horizons imageverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Amina KhanPluto may be a dwarf planet, but it’s got an out-sized heart. Before NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the icy world, it snapped and sent back this image showcasing the big, bright, heart-shaped feature covering a large part of the surface. This was the final and most detailed snapshot before …
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