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Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years

Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years

by Frank Tomaras | Jan 2, 2018 | News

Full story here: The Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980. They are located on the back side of the spacecraft in this orientation. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
New Horizons: Pluto and Charon Dazzle with Diversity

New Horizons: Pluto and Charon Dazzle with Diversity

by Frank Tomaras | Jul 20, 2015 | News

In a mission filled with unexpected surprises, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has left its scientists awed by the array of landforms and compositions found on Pluto and Charon. Pluto and Charon Dazzle with...
New Horizons Color Images Reveal Two Distinct Faces of Pluto, Series of Spots that Fascinate

New Horizons Color Images Reveal Two Distinct Faces of Pluto, Series of Spots that Fascinate

by Frank Tomaras | Jul 3, 2015 | News

New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a series of intriguing spots along the equator that are evenly spaced. Each of the spots is about 300 miles (480 kilometers) in diameter, with a...
Researchers identify circular orbits for 74 small exoplanets

Researchers identify circular orbits for 74 small exoplanets

by Frank Tomaras | Jun 1, 2015 | News

The system Kepler-444 formed when the Milky Way galaxy was a youthful two billion years old. The planets were detected from the dimming that occurs when they transit the disc of their parent star, as shown in this artist’s conception. Credit: NASA Read more at:...
For the first time, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto’s five known moons.

For the first time, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto’s five known moons.

by Frank Tomaras | May 20, 2015 | News

  85 Years after Pluto’s Discovery, NASA’s New Horizons Spots Small Moons Orbiting Pluto   Complete story here: http://www.nasa.gov/nh_new-horizons-spots-small-moons-orbiting-pluto
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