New Horizons Spacecraft In Safe Mode “The New Horizons spacecraft experienced an anomaly the afternoon of July 4 that led to a loss of communication with Earth. Communication has since […]
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After 9 Years In Space New Horizons Mission Still Has No Image Release Policy
Keith’s note: At a NASA press event today, the New Horizons team decided to make their mission less accessible to the public in real time. New Horizons was supposed to […]
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Bolden Gets EPO Briefing From New Horizons Mission Team
Public Asked to Help Name Features on Pluto, SETI Institute Keith’s 6 April update: NASA has yet to mention this public engagement project on its own New Horizons website. Nor […]
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NASA New Horizons Has Decided To Change Astronomical Definitions
@NewHorizons2015 using a #NASA mission account to invent your own astronomical definitions and confuse people is a disservice in the extreme — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 31, 2014 Keith’s note: […]
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New Horizons May Only Complete Half Its Mission
Pluto-bound probe faces crisis, Nature “Nearly 4.3 billion kilometres from Earth, and most of the way to Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is in danger of missing out on half […]
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New Horizons – Staying the Course
New Horizons Team Sticking to Original Flight Plan at Pluto, JHUAPL “Unless significant new hazards are found, expect NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to stay on its original course past Pluto […]
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4 Simple Pluto Questions; 3 Months for SMD to Reply
NASA Finally Responds To Simple Questions About the New Horizons Mission to Pluto “Three months ago I asked the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) some simple questions regarding possible changes […]
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NASA Remains Silent on New Horizons Issues (Update)
Keith’s note: In October NASA SMD PAO was caught totally off guard when the New Horizons team announced that debris in the vicinity of Pluto might force them to “bail […]
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Will NASA Have To 'Bail Out' On Close Pluto Encounter?
Pluto’s Moons and Possible Rings May Be Hazards: New Horizons and the Gauntlet it may Encounter in 2015, SwRI “Although we’d prefer to go closer, going farther from Pluto is […]
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Another NASA Discovery That NASA Isn't Telling You About
Keith’s note: Early this morning the @NewHorizons twitter posted “RT @AlanStern: Just announced: Pluto has new company– We’ve discovered a 5th moon using the Hubble Space Telescope!”. Why did the […]