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VIDEO: NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Next Target Just Got a Lot More Interesting

August 12, 2017 NASA 0

Could the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft actually be two targets? […]

NASA Scientists May Have Solved Mystery Surrounding Pluto’s Moon ‘Charon’

September 14, 2016 NASA 0

In June 2015, when the cameras on NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft first spotted the large reddish polar region on Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, mission scientists knew two things: they’d never seen anything like it elsewhere in our solar system, and they couldn’t wait to get the story behind it. […]

One Year Later: New Horizons’ Top 10 Discoveries of Once Mysterious Planet Pluto

July 15, 2016 Bill Keeter, NASA.Gov 0

One year later, what are the the top ten discoveries of the planet Pluto discovered by NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft. […]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: NASA’s New Horizons Becomes First Spacecraft To Explore Pluto

July 14, 2016 NASA 0

One year ago today, the New Horizons space probe passed 7,800 miles (12,500 km) above the surface of Pluto, becoming the first spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet and its moons. […]

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Sends Back Pluto’s Bladed Terrain In 3-D

April 1, 2016 NASA 0

One of the strangest landforms spotted by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft when it flew past Pluto last July was the “bladed” terrain just east of Tombaugh Regio, the informal name given to Pluto’s large heart-shaped surface feature. […]

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Spots Possible Frozen Pond On Pluto

March 27, 2016 NASA 0

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft spied several features on Pluto that offer evidence of a time millions or billions of years ago when – thanks to much higher pressure in Pluto’s atmosphere and warmer conditions on the surface – liquids might have flowed across and pooled on the surface of the distant world. […]

How Big Is Pluto? New Horizons Settles Decades-Long Debate

March 9, 2016 NASA.gov 0

NASA’s New Horizons mission has answered one of the most basic questions about Pluto—its size. […]

NASA: New Images From Pluto’s Moon Suggests Ancient Ocean Once Existed

February 20, 2016 NASA 0

Images from NASA’s New Horizons mission suggest that Pluto’s moon Charon once had a subsurface ocean that has long since frozen and expanded, pushing outward and causing the moon’s surface to stretch and fracture on a massive scale. […]

NASA: New Horizons Spacecraft Marks 10 Years Since Launch

January 20, 2016 NASA 0

Ten years ago NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft rocketed into the sky above the Florida coastline, beginning its long journey into the history books. […]

NASA: New Horizons Captures Possible Historic Discovery On Pluto, ‘This Feature Is Enormous’

January 16, 2016 Space Coast Daily 0

Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission have assembled this highest-resolution color view of one of two potential cryovolcanoes spotted on the surface of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. […]

NASA’s New Horizon’s Space Craft Captures Intriguing Images of Pluto’s Largest Moon Charon

October 2, 2015 NASA.gov 0

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best color and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon – and these pictures show a surprisingly complex and violent history. […]

Perplexing Pluto: New ‘Snakeskin’ Image, More from New Horizons

September 25, 2015 NASA.gov 0

The newest high-resolution images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons are both dazzling and mystifying, revealing a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details. […]

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