NASA - New Horizons Mission to Pluto 2015

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu
In 2006, NASA dispatched an ambassador to the planetary frontier. The New Horizons spacecraft is now halfway between Earth and Pluto, on approach for a dramatic flight past the icy planet and its moons in July 2015.

After 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, on a historic voyage that has already taken it over the storms and around the moons of Jupiter, New Horizons will shed light on new kinds of worlds we've only just discovered on the outskirts of the solar system.

Pluto gets closer by the day, and New Horizons continues into rare territory, as just the fifth probe to traverse interplanetary space so far from the Sun. And the first to travel so far, to reach a new planet for exploration.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

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Science & Technology

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• nasa
• new
• horizons
• mission
• pluto
• space
• july
• 2015

[Bonzenpunk]

the amazing thing is that it was just launched in 2006 and today people are still discovering dwarf planets out there. Who knows what it will visit AFTER pluto (with it`s 2011 newly discovered fourth moon)...i hope the batteries will last :) . I am looking forward to finally see a "REAL" photo of pluto.

[SUNNYRAINWIND]

2015 will be crazy

[snowboarda4ever]

I think I heard something about that this thing has a speed about 86300k/mh - amazing!

[AugustusAurelianus1]

@fabianoasc - thank you so much for sending me this video... I plan on monitoring every stage & aspect of this fantastic project.