Pluto Today http://www.plutotoday.com/ Pluto Today en-us Thu, 2 Sep 2010 22:30:01 PST kcowing@spaceref.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2006, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. plutotoday.com http://images.spaceref.com/pluto.today.sm.jpg http://www.plutotoday.com/ 112 59 Pluto Today - a service of SpaceRef New Horizons Images: LORRI Looks Back at "Old Friend" Jupiter http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31327 In early 2007 New Horizons flew through the Jupiter system snapping stunning, close-up images of Jupiter and its largest moons. Fast forward to 2010 and New Horizons has given us another glimpse of old friend Jupiter. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:34:18 MIT astronomer leads the first team to study a Kuiper Belt object during a stellar occultation http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31069 Until now, astronomers have used telescopes to find Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs), moon-sized bodies, and obtain their spectra to determine what types of ices are on their surface. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 8:50:29 NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective: Ever Farther Across the Ocean of Space to a Distant and Unknown Shore http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=34246 New Horizons is speeding through an ocean of space among the giant planets and the nearly 2.5 billion-mile expanse of the middle solar system. Onboard our spacecraft, all systems are "go" and we continue to speed outward at nearly a million miles per day. Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:08:59 The Approach Begins: New Horizons Is Half Way To Pluto http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33582 Today New Horizons is 15.96 astronomical units (2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) from the Sun - halfway between Earth's location on launch day in Jan 2006, and Pluto's place during New Horizons' encounter with the planet in July 2015. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 8:41:33 Pluto's White, Dark-Orange, and Charcoal Black Terrain Captured by Hubble http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30163 NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant <strike>dwarf</strike> planet Pluto. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:10:52 NASA Announces News Telecon To Discuss Hubble Images Of Pluto http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30133 NASA will hold a news media telecon at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 4, to discuss the latest Hubble images of the distant <strike>dwarf</strike> planet Pluto. Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:27:29 NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective: Farewell 2009 http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=32981 New Horizons is now more than 1,400 days into its 9.5-year journey and well past 15 AU (astronomical units) from the Sun. We still have about 2,050 days ahead of us before we reach the Pluto system. Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:02:37 NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective: Science Never Sleeps http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=32281 We put New Horizons back into hibernation last week, on Aug. 27. This event signaled the completion of our third active spacecraft and payload checkout, which occupied us for most of July and August. Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:54:50 New Horizons Checks Out, Enters Hibernation http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=32280 The New Horizons mission team has closed out a successful summer workout, putting its Pluto-bound spacecraft back into hibernation Aug. 27 after seven weeks of functional tests and system checks. Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:49:59 Rise and Shine: New Horizons Wakes for Annual Checkout http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31968 New Horizons is up from the longest nap of its cruise to Pluto, as operators "woke" the spacecraft from hibernation yesterday for its annual series of checkouts and tests. Sun, 2 Aug 2009 16:25:39 NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto: The PI's Perspective: A Summer's Work, Far From Home http://www.plutotoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31785 The work is fun, no doubt there; but it never ends on this mission of exploration -- particularly in the summer, when we conduct our annual spacecraft checkouts. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:44:14 The PI’s Perspective: Ever Plan Ahead? How About Six Years Ahead? 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 New Horizons Team Remembers Venetia Phair, the 'Girl Who Named Pluto' 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 NASA Mission Madness: Send New Horizons to Round 3 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 NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective: One-Third Down 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