New Horizons craft

[icytailmark]

Im really looking forward to seeing some detailed images of pluto. New Horizons will be at its closest approach in 374 days time.

[Amaranthus]

It won't be too long before its images of Pluto exceed the resolution/quality of those from HST (around 1 Jan 2015, in fact: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/0218-new-horizons-pluto-better-hubble.html). At that point, the fun really begins!

[Amaranthus]

First image yielding a Pluto-Charon separation from the spacecraft's onboard camera. Exciting!!

https://twitter.com/NewHorizons2015/status/492314148034711553

[Eden]

Very exciting! Hopefully the Pluto fly-by will be an all-objectives success and that they can they can make it to one or two more Kuiper Belt objects. Looking forward to those high-res images of Plutos surface...

[rustigsmed]

yes, i am pumped for this mission too.
exciting times.

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Very pumped indeed. For those interested, below is a link to the ABC TV's "Voyage to the planets" documentary - Episode 6: Pluto and Beyond. This was aired back in 2010 but still brilliant.

There's nice coverage of the New Horizons mission in it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jpqr7_voyage-to-the-planets-s01e06-pluto-and-beyond-ws-pdtv-xvid-hdcp_tech

[rustigsmed]

highly recommended series :thumbsup:

[Ric]

I've been following New Horizons for ages.

Each little piece of news just adds to the excitement.

Not long to go now.

[Amaranthus]

More exciting news, we now have video from the spacecraft showing Pluto and Charon engaging in an orbital dance. Wow!

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2014/08/08/new-horizons-mission-catches-pluto-and-charon-waltzing/