On July 4, NASA got an unexpected surprise: Its spacecraft, New Horizons, cut off communications with Earth as it was headed towards Pluto. New Horizons is scheduled to fly by Pluto on July 14 and use the seven instruments on board to collect information that will significantly advance the way we understand this tiny, icy world that's floating in space 4.67 billion miles away.

NEXT
Topics:  get over it   nasa   january   emily lakdawalla   the planetary    now   watch   tyson   july   horizons   new horizons   earth   pluto   planetary   society   scary   spacecraft   reported   team   fly   happened   hours   communications   scheduled   cut   mode   information   board   reestablish   longer   connection   scientific   news   
BING NEWS:
  • NASA’s budget woes put ambitious space research at risk
    Mars Sample Return and missions to study other planets and celestial bodies, including lunar efforts, face big cuts and delays.
    05/8/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
  • NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon first. Here's why
    NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.
    05/5/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
  • China launches lunar probe, looking to be 1st nation to get samples from far side of moon
    China launched an uncrewed lunar probe Friday that it hopes makes it the first nation to ever retrieve samples from the far-side of the moon.
    05/3/2024 - 3:46 am | View Link
  • China launches probe set to probe dark side of moon
    China hopes to return samples from the far side of the moon in a mission that started Friday with the unmanned rocket launch from the Wenchang Space Launch Center.
    05/3/2024 - 2:34 am | View Link
  • Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
    Basically, they launched a spacecraft toward an asteroid that could very well be made entirely of metal, a composition that appears to be a rarity — at least, in our solar system's vicinity. The ...
    04/26/2024 - 6:00 am | View Link
  • More

 

NEXT
Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

Movies With Butter More Movie News

More Business News