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Planetary Society Blog for Wednesday 8 July 2015
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/////////////////////////////////////////// Pushing Back the Frontier: How The Planetary Society Helped Send a Spacecraft to Pluto Posted: 07 Jul 2015 01:44 PM PDT http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...-frontier.html It took 16 years and five spacecraft designs to get a mission to Pluto. The Planetary Society was there through it all, always striving to help NASA push back our solar system's frontier. /////////////////////////////////////////// New Horizons is a Triumph for Space Advocates Posted: 07 Jul 2015 01:40 PM PDT http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...advocates.html New Horizons—what will be NASA’s greatest success of 2015—was cancelled multiple times in its early life, and many times before that in its previous incarnations. A mission to Pluto was not inevitable, despite the overwhelming scientific and public excitement. /////////////////////////////////////////// More than 2000 Rosetta NavCam images for your enjoyment Posted: 07 Jul 2015 12:10 PM PDT http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...ta-navcam.html Last week, the European Space Agency released the first set of images from Rosetta's navigational camera, or NavCam, from the phase of the mission that followed the Philae landing. That makes more than 3500 NavCam images that have been released from the comet phase of the mission. /////////////////////////////////////////// Opening the New Horizons Time Capsule Posted: 07 Jul 2015 08:03 AM PDT http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce...zons-time.html The New Horizons digital time capsule is opened, with the New Horizons Pluto flyby only one week away, showing images from Earth 2006 – the year New Horizons launched. Fifty images and captions from people in 17 countries were selected to be in the time capsule to reflect things expected to change by 2015. /////////////////////////////////////////// Saturn in Widescreen: The Voyager 2 Approach Movie Posted: 07 Jul 2015 07:18 AM PDT http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...ach-movie.html Ian Regan shares his mesmerizing animated sequence of Voyager 2's approach to Saturn—and explains the process behind its creation. |
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