OpenMind How cool to be able to say this....& it's nearly there. #she's-awake @NASANewHorizons @AlanStern @NewHorizons2015
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New Horizons Is Awake At Pluto The Planets + Pluto!
Started 2/26/10 by GALAXIES; 141926 views.
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From: GALAXIES
2/26/10
The Approach Begins: New Horizons Is Half Way To Pluto
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=33582
"Another milestone passed! Today NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is 15.96 astronomical units
(about 2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) from the Sun - putting it halfway between
Earth's location on launch day in January 2006, and Pluto's place during New Horizons' encounter
with the planet in July 2015."
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From: Cstar1
11/25/14
Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Wake Up New Horizons! Get Ready for a Rendezvous with Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft comes out of hibernation for the last time on Dec. 6. Between now and then, while the Pluto-bound probe enjoys three more weeks of electronic slumber, work on Earth is well under way to prepare the spacecraft for a six-month encounter with the dwarf planet that begins in January.
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From: Cstar1
12/5/14
In other space news, the @NewHorizons2015 spacecraft will 'wake up" on Sat. as it approaches Pluto. #orion #astronomy
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From: Cstar1
12/13/14
NewHorizons2015 @NewHorizons2015Today: We're powering up and testing the Alice ultraviolet spectrometer that'll probe Pluto's atmosphere next year!
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From: Cstar1
12/13/14
New Horizons Spacecraft Prepares for Pluto Flyby
And you thought your commute was bad! Nearly nine years after launching New Horizons, a spacecraft dispatched to survey Pluto and its surrounding moons, NASA scientists are waking the probe as it nears its destination nearly three billion miles away. Don't tell me the USA can't do great things!
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From: Cstar1
12/13/14
Didn't catch our New Horizons Google Hangout yesterday? See it here: "Alan and the postsocs" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37sA8w752Mc …
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From: Cstar1
12/25/14
Signed up for the Countdown Clock to Pluto Encounter? It's easy at http://www.seeplutonow.com/
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