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VideoFly over Pluto’s newly-explored surfaces
Using three images beamed back to Earth from the New Horizons spacecraft's long-range camera, scientists created this jaw-dropping animation of what it might look like to buzz Pluto from 25 miles up.
VideoOTD…July 16 and Apollo 11
OTD in 1969...The launch of Apollo 11 for the first human landing on the moon
VideoRecap story: Atlas 5 delivers GPS satellite 11,000 miles up
The ubiquitous Global Positioning System that ties the space program to everyday life on Earth, providing precise navigation to the world through a constellation of orbiting satellites, will be strengthened courtesy of a new craft launched Wednesday.
VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-10
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Air Force's GPS 2F-10 navigation spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
VideoOTD…July 15 and STS-127
#OTD in 2009...Endeavour launched to complete the Japanese segment of the International Space Station
VideoScientists wowed by new views of ‘psychedelic’ Pluto
Pluto and its Texas-sized moon Charon share an alien environment on the Solar System's outer frontier, with patches of organic ices and diverse rock types illustrated in color imagery released Tuesday.
VideoHumanity’s first ambassador to Pluto makes historic flyby
A speedy space probe barreled past Pluto for a one-shot flyby Tuesday, becoming the first spacecraft to ever visit the frozen, reddish world at the solar system's distant frontier.
VideoPluto probe project manager gives advice to team
New Horizons project manager Glen Fountain, a veteran of nearly 50 years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, told the Pluto probe's team to live in the moment for Tuesday's historic flyby, but look out for last-minute snags.
VideoClear sailing expected for Pluto flyby
There is no sign of an undiscovered moon lurking around Pluto in data streaming back to Earth from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, and that is surprising to Alan Stern, the scientist in charge of the probe.