Tag: New Horizons Spacecraft

Washington: Just two days away from the historic flyby of the mysterious Pluto system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has taken the finest image of four dark spots on Pluto that continue to captivate millions on the Earth. The spots appear on the side of Pluto that always faces its largest moon Charon – the face […]

Washington: For the first time, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto’s five known moons. It completes the Pluto family as of now. If the spacecraft observes any additional moons as it gets closer to Pluto, they will be worlds that no one has seen before. […]

Washington: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the sharpest possible pictures of the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), nicknamed Ultima Thule, captured just before its closest approach. The new images of Ultima Thule was obtained by the telephoto Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) just six-and-a-half minutes before New Horizons’ closest approach to the object (officially named […]