Statement of Dr. John Grunsfeld Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate National Aeronautics and Space Administration before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology U.S. House of Representatives
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New Horizons Victory Lap at Congress
Hearing on Pluto Flyby “Tuesday, July 28, 2015: The Science Committee’s NASA Authorization Act for FY16 and FY17 restored funds the Obama administration proposed cutting from planetary science budgets. This […]
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Odd Pluto Social Media Policy at SwRI
Keith’s note: The use of social media during the recent Pluto encounter has been widely hailed. That said, Southwest Research Institute Public affairs continues with its slightly strange media policy […]
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More Pluto Discoveries Revealed
Nightside Image Reveals Pluto’s Hazy Skies “Speeding away from Pluto just seven hours after its July 14 closest approach, the New Horizons spacecraft looked back and captured this spectacular image […]
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NASA Pluto Flyby Internet Statistics
“Potential reach and Number of Mentions of all social media posts(NASA & non-NASA) across 21 different social media platforms using one or more of the following keywords between July 13-17, […]
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NASA's Pluto Web Stats
Dwarf Planet, Giant Numbers: NASA’s Mission to Pluto Goes Global, NASA via Digital.gov “Even on a “slow” day, NASA is a pretty cool place to work, but the cool factor […]
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Pluto Reveals Its Frozen Plains and Preliminary Atmosphere Details
NASA’s New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s Heart “In the latest data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, a new close-up image of Pluto reveals a vast, […]
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New Horizons Has Phoned Home
New Horizons Phones Home Safe after Pluto Flyby “The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell […]
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Pluto Flyby Has Occurred
Message from NASA Administrator: Reaching Pluto With New Horizons “Today, our nation is poised to reach a new milestone in exploration and discovery. More than 50 years after our first […]
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Charon Emerges
New Image Shows Charon’s Chasms and Craters “New Horizons’ newest images reveal Pluto’s largest moon Charon to be a world of chasms and craters. The most pronounced chasm, which lies […]