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New Horizons Team Remembers Patsy Tombaugh

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:40:00 EST

The New Horizons team mourns Patsy Tombaugh – widow of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh –who died Jan. 12 in Las Cruces, N.M.

Evidence of Complex Molecules Found on Pluto

mmartinez@swri.org — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:40:00 EST

Even from afar, Pluto gets more and more interesting. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have discovered a strong ultraviolet-wavelength absorber on Pluto's surface – providing new evidence of complex hydrocarbon and /or nitrile molecules lying on the surface.

New Horizons Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Approach Pluto

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:40:00 EST

After nearly six years of high-speed flight, New Horizons reached a special milestone today on its way to reconnoiter the Pluto system: coming closer to Pluto than any other spacecraft.

The PI's Perspective: Is the Pluto System Dangerous?

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:40:00 EST

With the discovery of yet another moon around Pluto, mission PI Alan Stern takes on a question the team is hearing more often: "Is the Pluto system dangerous to New Horizons?"

On the Path to Pluto: New Horizons App Now Available

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EST

The team behind NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt has launched a free app that takes iPhone and iPad users along on this historic voyage to the planetary frontier.

The PI's Perspective: Visiting Four Moons, in Just Four Years, for All Mankind

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:51:00 EST

New Horizons remains healthy and on course, now approximately 21 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is – well on its way, between the orbits of Uranus and Neptune.

Remembering New Horizons Co-Investigator Dr. David Charles Slater, August 12, 1957 — May 30, 2011

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:51:00 EST

I have written here more than once that on long space missions like New Horizons, mission teams form family-like bonds. Well, on May 30, the New Horizons family lost one of our own, co-investigator and friend, Dr. Dave Slater, of the Southwest Research Institute.

View from the Summit: Hunting for KBOs at the Top of the World

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:51:00 EST

I would like to tell you a bit about our recent Kuiper Belt object search observing run on the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, one of a dozen or so KBO search runs we’re doing this year. But first, I want to thank everyone who’s helping out with the crucial task of sorting through our terabytes of data for those elusive KBOs, using the Ice Hunters site! It's amazing the effort people are putting into this, and I hope we can all reap the rewards sometime in the coming decade, when we get mankind's first look at one of the typical members of the Kuiper Belt.

Fourth Moon Adds to Pluto's Appeal

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:51:00 EST

On the anniversary of the first landing of men on our moon, New Horizons mission team scientists have announced the discovery of a fourth moon around Pluto - adding to the scientific treasure trove that awaits NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons when it arrives in 2015.

New Horizons Scientists Tracking Pluto

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:51:00 EST

New Horizons scientists Leslie Young and Cathy Olkin are among astronomers making "occultation" measurements of the Pluto system this week. By watching Pluto and its moons cross between Earth and a star, the team can measure the atmosphere on Pluto, and the sizes and positions of its airless moons. Follow their expedition on this National Geographic blog.

New Horizons Educator Fellows Trained to Bring the Solar System to Your Community

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:51:00 EST

The New Horizons Educator Fellows took part in a training workshop from June 21-23, 2011, at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Maryland.

Citizen Scientists: Discover a New Horizons Flyby Target!

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:51:00 EST

The world is invited to help discover a potential new, icy follow-on Kuiper Belt destination for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, using the IceHunters.org website.

Later, Uranus: New Horizons Passes Another Planetary Milestone

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:51:00 EST

New Horizons is ready to put another planet – or at least the planet’s orbit – in its rearview mirror. The Pluto-bound spacecraft crosses the path of Uranus around 6 p.m. EDT on March 18, more than 1.8 billion miles from Earth.

Launch Plus Five Years: A Ways Traveled, a Ways to Go

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:51:00 EST

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/20110120.php

The PI’s Perspective: A Toast to New Horizons

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:51:00 EST

New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern celebrates the mission’s latest milestones with the family of Pluto’s discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh.

Where Is the New Horizons Centaur Stage?

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:51:00 EST

When New Horizons launched nearly five years ago, its first Atlas V stage and solid rocket boosters fell back to Earth within minutes of launch. The third stage solid-rocket motor followed the spacecraft out of Earth orbit. But what became of the Centaur second stage New Horizons left behind?

The PI’s Perspective: Reaching the Mid-Mission Milestone on the Way to Pluto!

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:51:00 EST

On October 17, New Horizons passed the halfway mark in the number of days from launch to Pluto encounter – the last of the mission’s halfway points on the way to Pluto. In his latest Web posting, Principal Investigator Alan Stern takes a look at this milestone and a few other significant mission events.

Student Dust Counter instrument breaks distance record

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:51:00 EST

The Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter on New Horizons now holds the record for the most distant- functioning space dust detector.

Picture-Perfect Pluto Practice

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:51:00 EST

Neptune's giant moon Triton is often called Pluto’s "twin" – so what better practice target, then, for New Horizons' telescopic camera? The Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) took aim at Neptune during the latest annual systems checkout.

LORRI Looks Back at "Old Friend" Jupiter

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST

In early 2007 New Horizons flew through the Jupiter system, getting a speed-boost from the giant planet's gravity while snapping stunning, close-up images of Jupiter and its largest moons. Three years later, New Horizons has given us another glimpse of Jupiter, this time from a vantage point more than 16 times the distance between Earth and the Sun, and nearly 1,000 times as far away as when the probe reconnoitered Jupiter.

Five Years and Counting Down

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Five years ago, the New Horizons spacecraft was in a thermal-vacuum chamber at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, being tested for our historic voyage to the planetary frontier. Today our intrepid probe is a billion kilometers past Saturn - and exactly five years away from closest Pluto approach on Jul 14, 2015.

Course Correction Keeps New Horizons on Path to Pluto

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EDT

A short but important course-correction maneuver keeps New Horizons on track to reach the "aim point"for its 2015 encounter with Pluto.

Check it Out: System Tests, Science Observations and a Course Correction

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EDT

New Horizons' fourth annual checkout is nearing its mid-point, and continues with a workout for the spacecraft systems, cameras and other instruments that will deliver the first data from Pluto and its moons. Preparations for a small but necessary course-correction maneuver are also on track.

The PI's Perspective: Ever Farther Across the Ocean of Space to a Distant and Unknown Shore

Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) writes that all systems are "go" on New Horizons as it speeds along the vast ocean of space, and the mission team prepares for the annual spacecraft checkout.

Nix and Hydra: Five Years After Discovery

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 11 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Five years after the discovery of Nix and Hydra, scientists are meeting in Baltimore to discuss Pluto's "new" moons as part of the planning for New Horizons' 2015 reconnaissance of the Pluto system. Participants in the Nix-Hydra workshop, May 11-12 at the Space Telescope Science Institute, will focus on the moons in context of Pluto formation, Kuiper Belt Object analog bodies, and the general topic of KBO satellites. Check out the workshop Web site (http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/nix-hydra).Watch the live conference stream (https://webcast.stsci.edu/webcast/).(Note: To watch you will need Flash or Windows Media Player.)

New Horizons Team Sees 'Opportunity' for Public Engagement

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Unmanned Spaceflight.com gives its first "Opportunity Award" for public engagement to John Spencer and the New Horizons Jupiter Flyby Planning Team, for seeking and using public suggestions for Kodak-moment imaging opportunities during the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter.

New Horizons, Pluto Featured on NOVA

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EDT

The New Horizons mission has a role in a special NOVA program on the mission's target planet. 'The Pluto Files' airs on PBS tonight, Tuesday, March 2, at 8 p.m. EST.

The Approach Begins

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Another milestone passed! New Horizons is halfway between Earth and Pluto. "From here on out, we're on approach to an encounter with the Pluto system," says New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern).

80 Years of Pluto

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EDT

On February 18, 1930, while examining photographic plates of the sky, American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh saw a tiny spot of light moving slowly against the fixed pattern of stars in the constellation Gemini: it was Pluto. Read more about man who found the ninth planet and the events that led to his discovery of a whole new class of planetary object.

New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes

public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov (NASA) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EDT

NASA today released the most detailed set of images ever taken of Pluto. The images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled world that is undergoing seasonal changes in its surface color and brightness. The images are invaluable to planning the details of the New Horizons flyby in 2015.

Coming Soon: New Views of Pluto

public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov (NASA) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EDT

NASA will hold a news telecon at 1 p.m. (EST) on Thuday, Feb. 4, to discuss the latest Hubble images of Pluto. These detailed images will help astronomers better interpret more than three decades of Pluto observations from other telescopes.

Four Years and Counting

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EDT

NASA's New Horizons mission team marks four years of flight today and their Pluto-bound spacecraft is sleeping right through the celebration.

New Horizons Roused for Long-Distance Checkup

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Call it a burst of activity between naps: the New Horizons team woke its Pluto-bound spacecraft from hibernation this week for some onboard housekeeping.

New Horizons Hits Halfway Mark Between Saturn, Uranus Orbits

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

New Horizons sails silently today through another milestone on the way to its historic reconnaissance of the Pluto system, reaching the halfway point between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.

The PI's Perspective: The PI's Perspective: Science Never Sleeps

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Mission Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) reviews the last spacecraft checkout, and offers a brief look at what's in store for the New Horizons team (and spacecraft) this fall.

New Horizons Checks Out, Enters Hibernation

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EDT

The New Horizons mission team has closed out a successful summer workout, putting its Pluto-bound spacecraft back into hibernation Aug. 27 after seven weeks of functional tests and system checks.

The PI's Perspective: A Summer's Work, Far From Home

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EDT

The work is fun, no doubt there; but it never ends on this mission of exploration particularly in the summer, when we conduct our annual spacecraft checkouts.

Rise and Shine: New Horizons Wakes for Annual Checkout

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EDT

New Horizons is up from the longest nap of its cruise to Pluto, as operators "woke" the spacecraft from hibernation yesterday for its annual series of checkouts and tests.

The PI's Perspective: Ever Plan Ahead? How About Six Years Ahead?

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:00:00 EDT

The way the New Horizons team sees it, it's never too early to plan ahead. Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) describes the team's intense work to design every step of the Pluto encounter - even though the spacecraft is more than six years and just over 18 astronomical units from the Pluto system.

New Horizons Team Remembers Venetia Phair, the 'Girl Who Named Pluto'

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:00:00 EDT

The New Horizons team is fondly remembering Venetia Burney Phair, the "little girl" who named Pluto in 1930. Mrs. Phair died April 30 at her home in Epsom, England, at age 90. "Venetia's interest and success in naming Pluto as a schoolgirl caught the attention of the world and earned her a place in the history of planetary astronomy that lives on," says New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern).

NASA Mission Madness: Send New Horizons to the Title Game!

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EDT

New Horizons has mounted some impressive wins en route to the Final Four of NASA's "Mission Madness" tournament, but its next battle will be its toughest: a face-off against the Super-Pressure Balloon, the top vote-getter in each in the previous four rounds. Help send New Horizons to the NASA championship! Visit the tournament site on April 2-3 and cast your votes for the first mission to Pluto!

The PI's Perspective: One-Third Down

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EDT

On the mission flight-time calendar, New Horizons is exactly one-third of the way through its journey to Pluto. New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) provides a mission update and ponders something for the next big milestone: just where (or when) is the halfway point in this historic voyage?

New Horizons Detects Neptune's Moon Triton

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Add another moon to the New Horizons photo gallery: the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager detected Triton, the largest of Neptune's 13 known moons, during last fall's annual spacecraft checkout.

Launch Plus Three Years: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EDT

On the third anniversary of New Horizons' launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., mission team members reflect on liftoff, a busy first three years of flight and the ongoing voyage to Pluto and beyond.

The PI's Perspective: Welcome to Mid-Cruise!

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EDT

With the third launch anniversary approaching, New Horizons enters the second of three cruise phases on its voyage to Pluto. In his first posting of the new year, mission Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) takes a look at where the New Horizons spacecraft and team have been, what they're up to now, and where they're headed.

New Horizons Earns a Holiday

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:00:00 EDT

After an intense annual checkout "more like a deep-space workout" New Horizons is getting some well-deserved rest. Mission operators at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory eased the spacecraft into electronic hibernation this week, wrapping up nearly four months of tests, data collection and software upgrades.

Building New Horizons - Again

Neal.Bachtell@jhuapl.edu (N. Bachtell) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Bringing a Life-Size Pluto Probe Model to Life

SETI Radio Telescopes Track New Horizons

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:00:00 EDT

The New Horizons spacecraft has a new "audience" for the electronic signals it beams back to Earth.

The PI's Perspective: Nine Mementos Headed to the Ninth Planet

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:00:00 EDT

You might have heard that New Horizons was carrying several commemorative items from Earth on its voyage, but do you know what they are? For the first time, mission Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) covers the complete list of mementos placed around the spacecraft.

The PI's Perspective: 1,000 Days on the Road to Pluto - Time Flies and So Does New Horizons!

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Oct. 15 will be the 1,000th day of flight for New Horizons. Mission Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern) looks back on the flurry of activity since the spacecraft's incredible launch in January 2006, and checks in on the progress of Annual Checkout 2, happening now on New Horizons through mid-December.

NASA Salutes New Horizons Team

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT

NASA has honored the New Horizons team with a Group Achievement Award for creating and launching the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Project Manager Glen Fountain also earned a NASA Public Service Medal.

'Brain Transplant' Successful as Checkout Continues

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT

IThe first major order of business in New Horizons' second annual checkout was accomplished as planned, as operators uploaded an upgraded version of the software that runs the spacecraft's Command and Data Handling system.

Team Checks Out New Horizons

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Rustled out of hibernation, New Horizons is wide awake and undergoing its annual checkout. Follow the "ACO" progress on our Twitter site!

The PI's Perspective: Journeying Beyond Saturn

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT

As avid followers of New Horizons know, our spacecraft has been mostly hibernating since February, and will continue to so do until Sept. 2, when we will wake it to begin its second annual checkout. Many of you will also recall that New Horizons passed the orbit of Saturn in early Jun.

New Horizons Team Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Charon's Discovery

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT

This week the New Horizons mission team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto's largest and first moon, Charon, by U.S. Naval Observatory astronomers James Christy and Robert Harrington.

New Horizons Ventures Beyond Saturn's Orbit

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:00:00 EDT

New Horizons crossed the orbit of Saturn on Jun 8, passing yet another interplanetary milepost on its voyage to Pluto and the icy environs of the Kuiper Belt.

Milestones Ahead: New Horizons Set to Cross Saturn's Orbit: Spacecraft Will Be First to Journey beyond Ringed Planet Since 1981

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Last week, New Horizons woke up from its longest electronic hibernation period to date - 89 days. And over the next 10 days, the New Horizons team will celebrate a trio of milestones on the spacecraft's long journey to explore Pluto in 2015.

Storm Winds Blow in Jupiter's Little Red Spot

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Using data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and two telescopes at Earth, an international team of scientists has found that one of the solar system's largest and newest storms "Jupiter's Little Red Spot" has some of the highest wind speeds ever detected on any planet.

Tombaugh's Accomplishments: A True Work of Art

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:00:00 EDT

The PI's Perspective: Green Beacons for a Golden Bird

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:00:00 EDT

As you read these words, the New Horizons spacecraft remains in a long period of almost continuous hibernation, which began on Feb. 21 and stretches until Sept. 2. During this time the spacecraft will fly from nine to almost 11 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is, covering more than 300 million more kilometers!

Memories of Jupiter

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:00:00 EDT

A year ago, New Horizons was flying through the heart of the Jupiter system, gradually picking up speed and systematically gathering spectacular data on the solar system's largest planet and its closest moons. The results of that spectacular flyby have since been featured on thousands of electronic and printed pages, including a special issue of the journal Science in October 2007.

New Horizons Crosses 9 AU

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:00:00 EDT

New Horizons passed a planetary milepost today at 5 a.m. EST when it reached a distance of 9 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, about 836.6 million miles, or nine times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. "The spacecraft destined for the ninth planet is now just beyond 9 AU and continuing outbound for the solar system's frontier at more than 60,000 kilometers per hour!" says New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan.Stern@swri.org (A. Stern), of NASA Headquarters.

A Hi-Def Peek at Pluto

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:00:00 EDT

New Horizons made its first detection of Pluto using the high-resolution mode of its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) during three separate sets of observations in October 2007.

Happy Birthday New Horizons! Two Years on the Road to the Ninth Planet

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Just like the parent of a kid growing up from an infant to a toddler, my experience with New Horizons in flight, since our launch two years ago this week, is that the first two years have passed amazingly quickly and yet amazingly slowly, all at the same time. I guess that given some of the spacecraft hiccups of the past several months, one could also analogize that New Horizons has reached the "Terrible Two" stage and is into saying "no" a little more these days than in its first year.

'Ice' Congratulates 'Fire' on a Successful Mercury Flyby

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:00:00 EDT

The New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt exploration team sends hearty congratulations to its colleagues on the MESSENGER mission, who orchestrated an historic flyby of the planet Mercury on Jan. 14.

Podcast: The Hibernation Express

Mike.Buckley@jhuapl.edu (M. Buckley) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Podcast #5: The Hibernation Express