January 2007 Top Stories
»» NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective - New Horizons in 2007
[Friday, January 5, 2007] In 2006 New Horizons raced its way out of the inner solar system toward the gateway world Jupiter, king of the so-called "second zone" of our planetary system, which it will fly past on February 28, 2007.
»» New Horizons Jupiter Encounter Begins
[Wednesday, January 10, 2007] The New Horizons Jupiter encounter is under way! The spacecraft began collecting data on the Jovian system this week, starting with black-and-white images of the giant planet and an infrared look at the icy moon Callisto on Jan. 8.
»» Comet McNaught - A First Light Present for STEREO
[Sunday, January 14, 2007] This image of Comet McNaught comes from the Heliospheric Imager on one of the STEREO spacecraft. To the right is the comet nucleus, so bright it saturates the detector creating a bright vertical band in the image.
»» Zooming to Pluto, New Horizons Closes in on Jupiter
[Thursday, January 18, 2007] Just a year after it was dispatched on the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet - about to swing past Jupiter and pick up even more speed.
»» One Year Down, Eight to Go, on the Road to Pluto
[Wednesday, January 24, 2007] A year ago New Horizons lifted off on a pillar of smoke and fire and began its journey to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. How quickly that year has passed. New Horizons and our ground team accomplished a great deal in that first year of flight.