New Horizons

Where Exactly Is Pluto? Pinpoint Precision Needed For New Horizons Mission

When you have a spacecraft that takes the better part of a decade to get to its destination, it's really,…

10 years ago

Look Out, Pluto! Spacecraft Will Fly By In Less Than One Year

Countdown! Just under one year from now, the New Horizons will finally reach its mission goal after sailing through the…

10 years ago

New Horizons Enters ‘Pluto-Space!’ To Celebrate, Here Are Pictures Of The Dwarf Planet

After almost nine years on the road, New Horizons is in what NASA calls "Pluto-space"! Earlier today (July 7), the…

10 years ago

Where To Go After Pluto? Hubble Seeks The Next Target For New Horizons

It's going to be a really busy summer for the New Horizons team. While they're checking out the newly awakened…

10 years ago

New Horizons Wakes Up for the Summer

While many kids in the U.S. are starting their school summer vacations, New Horizons is about to get back to work! Speeding…

10 years ago

An Ocean On Pluto’s Moon? Hopeful Scientists Will Keep An Eye Out For Cracks

It's a lot of speculation right now, but the buzz in a new NASA study is Pluto's largest moon (Charon)…

10 years ago

The Hunt for KBOs for New Horizons’ Post-Pluto Encounter Continues

Are you ready for the summer of 2015? A showdown of epic proportions is in the making, as NASA’s New…

11 years ago

Trailer: New Horizons Gets Ready to Meet Pluto

Less than a year from now, the New Horizons spacecraft will begin its encounter with Pluto. While closest approach is…

11 years ago

NASA Halts Work on its New Nuclear Generator for Deep Space Exploration

Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science…

11 years ago

What New Horizons Sounds Like (Sort Of) When It Phones Home

Now that's a tune for a space geek's ears. This is a highly modified sound bite of ranging signals between…

11 years ago