NASA’S Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto “The new moon is the smallest discovered around Pluto. It has an estimated diameter of 8 to 21 miles (13 to 34 km). […]
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Half Way To Pluto
Reaching the Mid-Mission Milestone on the Way to Pluto! “On Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3:24 Universal Time, we passed the halfway mark in the number of days from launch to […]
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NASA iPad App Ignores Important Solar System Objects and Missions
New NASA HD App for iPad With Expanded Content Available Free “The app’s landing page features the solar system, where users can learn more about our neighborhood, the universe and […]
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New Horizons Adjusts Course
Course Correction Keeps New Horizons on Path to Pluto “A short but important course-correction maneuver kept New Horizons on track to reach the “aim point” for its 2015 encounter with […]
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Half Way To Pluto
The Approach Begins: New Horizons Is Half Way To Pluto “Another milestone passed! Today NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is 15.96 astronomical units (about 2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) […]
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Pluto – In Color
Pluto’s White, Dark-Orange, and Charcoal Black Terrain Captured by Hubble “NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images from […]