New Horizons

[Frida Space]

New Horizons Collects First Science on a Post-Pluto Object

www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-collects-first-science-on-a-post-pluto-object

[Aethon]

 

 

The highest resolution Pluto images we will probably see in our lifetimes (260 ft. [80m] per pixel).

 

 

 

 

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-best-close-up-of-plutos-surface

[Aethon]

 

 

 

Charon: Pluto's Fascinating moon from New Horizons - Ross Beyer(SETI Talks 2016)

[PB666]

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7605/full/nature18289.html

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7605/full/nature18016.html

I wonder why NASA allows this publically funded research to be published in one of the most difficult journals to get access rights?

 

 

[Aethon]

 

Enhanced color.

 

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-jagged-shores-of-pluto-s-highlands

 

 

[Streetwind]

*drumroll*

Ladies and gentlemen... the decision has been made! New Horizons gets its proposed mission extension, and will perform its planned flyby of Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69 sometime in 2019!

Source: http://www.space.com/33332-new-horizons-pluto-probe-mission-extension.html

[insert_name]

looks like the forecast on Pluto is now partly cloudy

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-possible-clouds-on-pluto-next-target-is-reddish

[Aethon]

 

 

Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/scientists-probe-mystery-of-pluto-s-icy-heart

Edited December 1, 2016 by Aethon

[Aethon]

 

New Horizons reaches the halfway point from Pluto to its' next target 2014 MU69.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-halfway-from-pluto-to-next-flyby-target

[Guest]

The mission actually working is pretty amazing. Correct me if I'm wrong but the probe shut down a day or two before the closest approach right?

[Mitchz95]

17 hours ago, Leftykap said:

The mission actually working is pretty amazing. Correct me if I'm wrong but the probe shut down a day or two before the closest approach right?

It went into safe mode, I forget why exactly. They got it back up and running well before the flyby.

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, Mitchz95 said:

It went into safe mode, I forget why exactly. They got it back up and running well before the flyby.

Oh i oh I didn't know that. Cool!

[ProtoJeb21]

On 4/4/2017 at 2:28 PM, Mitchz95 said:

It went into safe mode, I forget why exactly. They got it back up and running well before the flyby.

Ah yes, I remember that! I almost screamed out loud when it happened.

[insert_name]

More news on 2014mu69 it could be a binary or contact binary

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/08/08/new-horizons-next-target-might-be-a-binary-pair/

[wumpus]

On 6/1/2016 at 10:23 PM, PB666 said:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7605/full/nature18289.html

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7605/full/nature18016.html

I wonder why NASA allows this publically funded research to be published in one of the most difficult journals to get access rights?

You try convincing a scientist to publish somewhere else when he (or really his team) can publish in Nature.  There might be a certain home-team wish to publish in Science, but I doubt that is going to improve things.

[cubinator]

11 hours ago, insert_name said:

More news on 2014mu69 it could be a binary or contact binary

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/08/08/new-horizons-next-target-might-be-a-binary-pair/

I bet one 8-bit song it's a donut!

[insert_name]

Stern thinks there will be enough fuel for another flyby after 2014 mu69

http://spacenews.com/new-horizons-planning-additional-extended-missions/

[wumpus]

On 8/9/2017 at 10:58 AM, cubinator said:

I bet one 8-bit song it's a donut!

I wonder what type of odds I can get for a teapot...

[insert_name]

2014mu69 could have a small moon

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/does-new-horizons-next-target-have-a-moon

[NSEP]

18 hours ago, insert_name said:

2014mu69 could have a small moon

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/does-new-horizons-next-target-have-a-moon

That would be extra interesting. Double the fun!

[insert_name]

New horizons has taken the farthest image away from earth

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-captures-record-breaking-images-in-the-kuiper-belt

[Streetwind]

Whoa... the kuiper belt object flyby is less than one year away? I still remember reading this thread during the Pluto flyby! Where the hell did time go  

[YNM]

Dang, this thread clearly flies off attention 

It's just surreal to see the landscapes ice crystals can make.

[Streetwind]

Dr Alan Stern, principal investigator of New Horizons, was interviewed on TMRO this weekend:

 

Something I did not yet know: they want to make a third Kuiper belt flyby after the upcoming one.

[insert_name]

Target sighted

http://nasa.gov/feature/ultima-in-view-nasa-s-new-horizons-makes-first-detection-of-kuiper-belt-flyby-target