http://www.plutotoday.com/ Pluto Today en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:30:01 PST kcowing@spaceref.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2006, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/pluto.today.sm.jpg http://www.plutotoday.com/ 112 59 Pluto Today - a service of SpaceRef http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28259 Things are going well out in the cold space between Saturn and Uranus where New Horizons is now. We're deep in planning for our spacecraft's annual checkout this summer, which begins on July 7. Thu, 21 May 2009 16:33:55 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28183 The team guiding the first mission to Pluto is fondly remembering Venetia Burney Phair, the "little girl" who named the ninth planet when it was discovered nearly 80 years ago. Mrs. Phair died April 30 at her home in Epsom, England, at age 90. Mon, 11 May 2009 14:38:30 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=27828 NASA Mission Madness: Send New Horizons to Round 3 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:37:05 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=30918 2009 - after 38 months and almost 2 billion kilometers of flight, New Horizons has completed precisely one-third of the days in its journey to Pluto. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:10:23 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=27794 Add another moon to the New Horizons photo gallery: the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager detected Triton, the largest of Neptune's 13 known moons, during the annual spacecraft checkout last fall. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:23:44 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=27294 As the new year takes root, the New Horizons team is about to celebrate the third anniversary of our launch on January 19, 2006. Mon, 5 Jan 2009 9:34:52 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=30150 After an intense annual checkout - more like a deep-space workout - New Horizons is getting some well-deserved rest. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:00:55 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=29504 It's hard to believe, but Oct. 15 will be the 1,000th day of flight for New Horizons. And in that time we've traveled so far that only four other spacecraft - Pioneers 10 and 11 and Voyagers 1 and 2 - have ventured farther. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:55:32 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26521 NASA Ames To Host Girls, Astronaut at Sally Ride Science Festival Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:17:38 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26465 The demotion of Pluto sparked considerable public controversy. Numerous planetary scientists and astronomers protested the IAU's definition as not useful, while numerous other planetary scientists and astronomers supported the outcome. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 7:49:55 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=29174 The first major order of business in New Horizons' second annual checkout was accomplished as planned, as operators uploaded an upgraded version of the software that runs the spacecraft's Command and Data Handling system. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:29:44 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26266 A "minor planet" with the prosaic name 2006 SQ372 is just over two billion miles from Earth, a bit closer than the planet Neptune. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:21:27 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=28796 Is Pluto a planet? What defines a planet? Are other planets yet to be discovered? Join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Dr. Mark Sykes, Planetary Science Institute, as they square off in a debate of these questions during this free, one-hour webcast. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:38:15 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=28746 As avid followers of New Horizons know, our spacecraft has been mostly hibernating since February, and will continue to so do until Sept. 2, when we will wake it to begin its second annual checkout. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 9:43:18 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25889 This week the New Horizons mission team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto's largest and first moon, Charon, by U.S. Naval Observatory astronomers James Christy and Robert Harrington. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:26:41