News Archive / Tagged: Southwest Research Institute
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New Horizons team releases images of Pluto’s far side
Laurel KornfeldOctober 30th, 2019More 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.
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A single mission could orbit Pluto and explore the Kuiper Belt
Laurel KornfeldOctober 30th, 2018While the New Horizons' mission is still exploring the Kuiper Belt a new mission could accomplish what the spacecraft has - and much more.
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Lockheed Martin tapped to build NASA’s Lucy spacecraft
Jason RhianJanuary 9th, 2017NASA 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.
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Stunning images of Pluto backlit thrill scientists, viewers
Laurel KornfeldSeptember 18th, 2015New 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.
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Apollo Moon rocks reveal new secrets
Collin SkocikJune 8th, 2014Forty-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 […]
