Aerospace

Pluto Mission Finally Calls Home

At 8:52 P.M. Eastern time, July 14, 2015, an all's-well signal from the New Horizons spacecraft finished its 4.5-hour, three-billion-mile trip from near Pluto through the solar system to alert mission control on Earth that it was in working order and had succeeded in gathering data ...

July 15, 2015 — Steve Mirsky

Space & Physics

Pluto, Ready for Your Close-Up!

At just before 7:50 A.M. today, July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto. After a 9.5-year, three-billion-mile voyage, the ship got within about 7,750 miles from the surface...

July 14, 2015 — Steve Mirsky

Space & Physics

SpaceX Rocket Failure Threatens Support for Commercial Spaceflight

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