News Archive / Tagged: Southwest Research Institute

• Pluto’s atmosphere may be starting to condense

  Laurel KornfeldOctober 12th, 2021

  Beginning three years after New Horizons' historic flyby, Pluto's atmosphere appeared to be starting to condense and refreeze, according to scientists.

• New Horizons team releases images of Pluto’s far side

  Laurel KornfeldOctober 30th, 2019

  More than four years after New Horizons' historic July 2015 Pluto flyby, mission scientists have released detailed images of Pluto's far side, which the spacecraft was able to image only in low resolution on approach and following departure.

• A single mission could orbit Pluto and explore the Kuiper Belt

  Laurel KornfeldOctober 30th, 2018

  While the New Horizons' mission is still exploring the Kuiper Belt a new mission could accomplish what the spacecraft has - and much more.

• Lockheed Martin tapped to build NASA’s Lucy spacecraft

  Jason RhianJanuary 9th, 2017

  NASA has recently announced that the U.S. space agency is planning on sending two new Discovery Program missions to investigate leftovers of the formation of the early Solar System. One of these two spacecraft, Lucy, will be built by Lockheed Martin.

• Stunning images of Pluto backlit thrill scientists, viewers

  Laurel KornfeldSeptember 18th, 2015

  New panoramic images of Pluto backlit by the Sun, taken only 15 minutes after New Horizons' closest approach on July 14, are thrilling scientists and viewers with stunning details of the dwarf planet's diverse terrains, some of which are surprisingly Earth-like.

• Apollo Moon rocks reveal new secrets

  Collin SkocikJune 8th, 2014

  Forty-five years after the historic Apollo 11 landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon, the priceless Moon rocks brought back by that legendary expedition are back in the news, revealing new evidence confirming the theory that the Moon was formed by a Mars-sized planetesimal slamming into the young molten […]