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The Icy Mountains of Pluto
Some compressed images are starting to arrive from Pluto. This photo shows an area of mountains, probably composed of water ice. Surprisingly unmarked by impact craters, the features must be fairly young, possibly less than 100 million years old. They may … Continue reading
New Horizons has communicated with mission control
All systems normal after flying within 7800 miles of Pluto; first images to be released tomorrow afternoon. New Horizons is about three billion miles away from earth, and it took nine and a half years to get there (even radio … Continue reading
Pluto, July 11
This image is the last look at Pluto’s Charon-facing hemisphere. with some intriguing hints of features that may be impact craters and ridges. Unfortunately, there won’t be any higher resolution images collected. As it passes Pluto on Tuesday, New Horizons … Continue reading
Pluto, July 8
(from NASA and JHAPL’s latest update)
Seven days until New Horizons reaches Pluto
Alien base. That’s my prediction. Stay tuned.
Sigh of relief: Cargo mission launches successfully toward ISS
Leading up to yesterday, the two most recent (and three of the last seven) missions to the International Space Station had failed. Needless to say, concerns were building about the ability to keep the ISS supplied. Fortunately, Friday’s launch of a Progress cargo … Continue reading
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Fails
Today’s launch of a Dragon cargo capsule full of supplies for the International Space Station did not go well. The Falcon 9 rocket exploded shortly before second stage ignition. Video clip here. This was the first Falcon 9 failure after … Continue reading
First Color Movies of Pluto and Charon
First color movie of Pluto and Charon, courtesy of NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Pluto has a distinct reddish tint, while Charon is more grey.
More surface details apparent as New Horizons draws closer to Pluto
The New Horizons space probe is seeing more as it approaches Pluto. The spacecraft is closing in at the rate of 750,000 miles per day, increasing image clarity at an accelerating rate: “By late June the image resolution will be four times … Continue reading
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