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Mission to Pluto
The new horizons mission to Pluto is going to launch in like 3 minutes. Can watch on nasa tv here:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ne...ain/index.html
Quote:
Winds May Hold Out
Launch is set for 3:23 p.m. EST -- the very end of today's window. The upper level and ground winds, which have been cause for concern during today's countdown, are expected to stay within limits through the end of the window. However, if they do exceed limits within the final minutes prior to launch, the launch may be scrubbed for the day. The countdown has proceeded fairly smoothly, with otherwise favorable weather and no technical issues in work with either the Atlas V launch vehicle or the spacecraft.
As the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon Charon, New Horizons looks to unlock one of the solar system's last, great planetary secrets. After launch aboard an Atlas V, the New Horizons spacecraft will cross the entire span of the solar system and conduct flyby studies of Pluto and Charon in 2015. The seven science instruments on the piano-sized probe will shed light on the bodies' surface properties, geology, interior makeup and atmospheres.
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Last edited by ObieX; 01-17-2006 at 12:20 PM..
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