February 2007 Top Stories
»» New Horizons' SWAP instrument observes solar wind interactions before Jupiter encounter
[Wednesday, February 7, 2007] With its sights firmly on Jupiter, the New Horizons spacecraft is testing its science payload and making observations as it rounds the planet for a gravity-assist that will speed its journey to the edge of the solar system.
»» Alan Stern Selected to Lead NASA Science Mission Directorate
[Monday, February 12, 2007] NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Monday that Dr. S. Alan Stern will be the agency's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, effective April 2. Stern succeeds Dr. Mary L. Cleave who announced her retirement.
»» Interesting New Horizons Pluto Mission Video Online
[Wednesday, February 14, 2007] The New Horizons Project has a rather new cool video online - one that is a radical departure from the pretty, but somewhat sterile animiations that NASA picks - videos that often have dorky or ill-fitting music.
»» New Horizons Image: Full Jupiter Mosaic
[Wednesday, February 14, 2007] This image of Jupiter is produced from a 2x2 mosaic of photos. The telescopic camera snapped the images during a 3-minute, 35-second span on February 10, when the spacecraft was 29 million kilometers (18 million miles) from Jupiter.
»» NASA New Horizon's Mission: The PI's Perspective: Calm Before Close Approach
[Thursday, February 15, 2007] We're right on Jupiter's doorstep. Jupiter already appears one-third of a degree across -- just a little smaller than the full Moon as seen from Earth -- and growing every day.
»» NASA New Horizons Mission: The PI's Perspective - Speeding to Zeus
[Thursday, February 22, 2007] The New Horizons spacecraft and payload are still performing well. As is the case most weeks, no unexpected events occurred; further, all of the Jupiter observations have been conducted just as planned.
»» New Horizons Misison: The PI's Perspective - Campaigning for Jupiter
[Friday, February 23, 2007] We're now inside of a week to Jupiter closest approach! One aspect of our flyby that I have not yet noted is the broad campaign of coordinated Jupiter observations taking place on Earth and in space.
»» The Celestial Whirligig - Unique Observations of Comet McNaught Reveal Sprinkling Nucleus
[Friday, February 23, 2007] Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it. Pushing ESO's New Technology Telescope to its limits, a team of European astronomers have obtained the first, and possibly unique, detailed observations of this object.
»» New Horizon's Encounter With Jupiter Is Underway
[Saturday, February 24, 2007] New Horizons has begun its encounter with Jupiter. Closest approach is due to occur on 28 February 2007 at 05:41:00 UTC. Check the mission's website here for the latest news.
»» NASA New Horizons Mission: The PI's Perspective - Picking up the Pace
[Monday, February 26, 2007] Since early on Saturday, New Horizons has been executing its Jupiter close approach sequence, which contains 15 - 20 observations per day. Recall this is almost 10 times more than what we were doing just a week earlier!
»» Trajectory Map: NASA's New Horizons Is On Its Way To Pluto
[Wednesday, February 28, 2007] After a close encounter with Jupiter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has pickedup some speed and is on its way to a 2015 Encounter with the planet Pluto and its moons.
»» Pluto-Bound New Horizons Spacecraft Gets a Boost from Jupiter
[Wednesday, February 28, 2007] NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter early this morning, using the massive planet's gravity to pick up speed on its 3-billion mile voyage to Pluto and the unexplored Kuiper Belt region beyond.
