Friday 3 July 2015

New Horizons 'Speeds Up' on Final Approach to Pluto

OUTER PLANETS
New Horizons 'Speeds Up' on Final Approach to Pluto
Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - With just two weeks to go before its historic July 14 flight past Pluto, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft tapped the accelerator late last night and tweaked its path toward the Pluto system. The 23-second thruster burst was the third and final planned targeting maneuver of New Horizons' approach phase to Pluto; it was also the smallest of the nine course corrections since New Horizons launched in ... more


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