»» NASA New Horizons Mission: The PI's Perspective: Green Beacons for a Golden Bird
[Thursday, May 1, 2008] As you read these words, the New Horizons spacecraft remains in a long period of almost continuous hibernation, which began on Feb. 21 and stretches until Sept. 2.
»» New Horizons Crosses 9 AU
[Monday, February 25, 2008] New Horizons passed a planetary milepost today (21 Feb) at 5 a.m. EST when it reached a distance of 9 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun - about 836.6 million miles, or nine times the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
»» Stardust comet dust resembles asteroid materials
[Thursday, January 24, 2008] Contrary to expectations for a small icy body, much of the comet dust returned by the Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was altered from the solar system's early materials.
»» NASA New Horizons Mission: The PI's Perspective - Two Years on the Road to the Ninth Planet
[Friday, January 18, 2008] Our spacecraft will be in quiet cruise or hibernation for most of 2008. Short wakeups will occur in May and December to re-point our high-gain antenna toward Earth and conduct other maintenance activities.
»» Stardust formed close to sun
[Friday, January 4, 2008] Samples of the material picked up during the NASA Stardust mission indicate that parts of the comet Wild 2 actually formed in an area close to the sun.
»» Voyager 2 Proves the Solar System is Squashed
[Monday, December 10, 2007] NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars.
»» Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Review, Committee on Assessing the Solar System Exploration Program, NRC
[Thursday, November 29, 2007] For each individual recommendation in these two reports the committee assessed NASA's progress and assigned an academic-style grade, explained the rationale for the grade and trend, and offered recommendations for improvement.
»» The PI's Perspective Autumn 2007: Onward to the Kuiper Belt
[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] New Horizons has now covered 85% of the distance from the Sun to Saturn's orbit, which it will pass in mid-2008. Of course, Saturn will be nowhere near New Horizons when we pass that milestone.
»» NASA SMD ROSES-07 Amendment 29: Deferral of proposals for New Horizons at Jupiter Data Analysis
[Tuesday, November 20, 2007] The New Horizons at Jupiter Data Analysis program (NH-JDAP) will not be competed in 2007. A broader Jupiter Data Analysis Program (JDAP) will be competed in ROSES 2008.
»» NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective The Guest Perspective: Data for the Next Generations
[Thursday, November 8, 2007] New Horizons is about to enter hibernation for its long trip to Pluto. It will be deep in slumber, but not forgotten.
»» More top stories from January.
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