new horizons
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20 Things That Show Just How Long The New Horizons Probe Has Been In Space
On 19 January 2006, NASA launched a space probe called New Horizons on a reconnaissance mission to Pluto. A whopping nine years, five months and 24 days later, the space probe is just one whole Earth day from reaching its destination giving us never before seen images of the last planet in our solar system.…
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We’re Just Five Days Away From Seeing Pluto Closer Than Ever Before, And Have The Photo To Prove It
After nearly 10 years, at last we have the first images of Pluto thanks to the New Horizons probe.
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What Are The Strange Spots On These Brand New Images Of Pluto?
New colour images acquired by NASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft show us Pluto as we’ve never seen it before — and on its surface appear to be a series of giant spots that scientists can not yet explain.
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Monster Machines: The Spacecraft That Will Finally Give Us A Close-Up View Of Pluto
When the New Horizons spacecraft launched, Pluto was still considered a planet. Now, eight years later, the space probe is finally nearing the end of its 4.7 billion kilometre journey to Pluto — and has just roused itself from deep hibernation ahead of its arrival.