DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Contributors

ALEX STRACHAN

MIKE HUGHES

KIM AKASS

MONIQUE NAZARETH

ROGER CATLIN

GARY EDGERTON

TOM BRINKMOELLER

GERALD JORDAN

NOEL HOLSTON

 
 
 
 
 
NEW HORIZONS PLUTO FLY-BY
July 14, 2015  | By David Bianculli

NASA TV, 7:30 a.m. ET

 

Nine years ago, the New Horizons space probe was launched, and one of its targets for exploration was, at the time, billions of miles away from Earth. That target was Pluto, and at the time of the launch, Pluto still was considered a planet. But even though Pluto has been downgraded, the expected “arrival” of New Horizons, which will come within an estimated 7,800 miles of Pluto at around 7:49 a.m. ET, is an exciting scientific achievement. Already, detailed photographs relayed from the spacecraft have provided the first accurate measurements of Pluto’s size (about 1,473 miles in diameter). And today, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. ET, NASA TV is providing live coverage from mission control – so even if we can’t see the latest images until they’re fully processed and reconstructed, we get to see the team in action.

 
 
 
 
 
Leave a Comment: (No HTML, 1000 chars max)
 
 Name (required)
 
 Email (required) (will not be published)
 
SYGXB
Type in the verification word shown on the image.