Tag: Pluto Flyby

  • Cliffs, chasms and craters revealed in latest New Horizons images

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    An annotated version of an image of Pluto captured July 11 by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) instrument. Pluto’s northern hemisphere appears in the image, with its equator near the bottom of the disk. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI The first hints of dramatic cliffs, chasms and craters are showing up in new imagery of Pluto…

  • NASA probe finally on Pluto’s doorstep

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI Three billion miles and nine-and-a-half years from Earth, NASA’s New Horizons probe is racing toward a historic July 14 flyby of Pluto, providing the first close-up views of the most famous denizen of the Kuiper Belt, a vast hinterland…

  • New Horizons awake for Pluto encounter

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    Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto and its moon Charon. Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI Speeding through the outer solar system after a nine-year trek from Earth, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is awake and preparing for an encounter next summer with Pluto. The probe’s mission control center in Maryland received signals from New Horizons at…

  • Ground team ready to rouse Pluto probe for historic flyby

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    Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto. Credit: NASA On the final stretch of a speedy nine-year trek through the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will be awakened from hibernation Dec. 6 for an encounter with Pluto, a mysterious world that has captured imaginations and will soon be revealed in reality. The…