- Spend next New Year's Eve with new spacecraft: NASA
New York, Jan 7 (IANS) NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, will encounter the most primitive and most distant ob...
07 Jan, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
NASA seeks nickname for New Horizons' next flyby targetOn January 1, 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly past a small, frozen world in the Kuiper Belt -- 1.6 billion km past Pluto and at ...
07 Nov, 2017, 02.12 PM IST
- New Horizons' next flyby target could be two icy bodies
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Even as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gets ready for the most distant flyby in the history of space exploration, ...
05 Aug, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
- NASA's New Horizons set to meet next flyby target
Washington, April 4 (IANS) Continuing on its path through the outer regions of the solar system, NASAs New Horizons spacecraft has now trav...
04 Apr, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
- New Horizons probe healthy after hiccup: NASA
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) NASA said its New Horizons spacecraft is healthy and operating normally after just over 24 hours in a protective ...
12 Feb, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
NASA probe New Horizons spacecraft captures Pluto in twilightThe southern portions of the nitrogen ice plains named Sputnik Planum, as well as mountains of the informally named Norgay Montes, can also...
05 Jun, 2016, 03.09 PM IST
NASA's Pluto probe begins intensive data downlink phaseEven moving at light speed, the radio signals from New Horizons containing data need more than four and a half hours to cover the 3 billion...
07 Sep, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
Planetoid beyond Pluto New Horizons' next destinationThis remote Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 was one of two identified as potential destinations and the one recommended to NASA.
31 Aug, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
11 facts about NASA's epic nuclear-powered mission to PlutoOn July 14, an epic once-in-a-lifetime event will take place: NASA will fly their spacecraft, New Horizons, by Pluto.
14 Jul, 2015, 01.13 PM IST
How did we get to Pluto so fast?On July 14th, the New Horizons spacecraft will make history when it sails past Pluto, formerly known as the ninth planet.
13 Jul, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captures mysterious dark spots on PlutoThe spots are connected to a dark belt that circles Pluto's equatorial region. What continues to pique the interest of scientists is their ...
12 Jul, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back a large heart-shaped feature found on Pluto: NASAThe image was taken on July 7, when the spacecraft was just under 8 million kilometres from Pluto, and is the first to be received since th...
09 Jul, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
NASA spacecraft ready for Pluto flyby after glitchThe recent computer glitch that triggered communication breakdown with NASA's New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified.
06 Jul, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
NASA spacecraft beams new images of PlutoImages of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft are growing in scale as the spacecraft approaches its mysterious target.
28 May, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
NASA spacecraft spots two moons orbiting PlutoA NASA spacecraft set to encounter Pluto this summer has spotted two small moons orbiting the icy dwarf planet.
19 Feb, 2015, 01.35 PM IST
NASA spacecraft beams new images of PlutoClosing in on Pluto at about 49,890 kph, New Horizons already has covered more than 3 billion miles since it launched on January 19, 2006.
05 Feb, 2015, 01.23 PM IST
NASA spacecraft set for first Pluto encounterThe spacecraft is entering the first of several approach phases that culminate on July 14 with the first close-up flyby of Pluto.
16 Jan, 2015, 01.49 PM IST