Spacecraft For Pluto

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  Pluto's True Nature - Heart-Shaped Icecap, Spits Out X-Rays And More

  When the New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto in 2015, the probe revealed the dwarf planet's true nature: Pluto is a frozen lump, sure, but it is an odd and interesting lump. Pluto has a heart-shaped icecap that, in theory, could hide an ocean. For no obvious reason, Pluto spits out X-rays. And when New Horizons took Pluto's temperature, the dw...

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  Nasa's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object

  Taken from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, the images shatter New Horizons' own record for the closest-ever views of this KBO in November 2015.

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  NASA Probe Beams Sharpest Ever Images of Pluto

  NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back some of the sharpest images of Pluto, showing a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains, which may be the best close-ups of the icy-dwarf planet that humans could see for decades.

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  New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever

  NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.

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  Planetoid Beyond Pluto New Horizons' Next Destination

  NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons spacecraft after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system - a planetoid that lies nearly a billion miles beyond the dwarf planet.

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  NASA Spacecraft Makes Closest Approach to Pluto

  An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency said.

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  NASA's New Horizons Probe Finds Pluto is Bigger Than Predicted

  Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wraps up a nearly decade-long journey, with a close flyby on track for Tuesday, scientists said on Monday.

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  NASA Counts Down to Nail-Biter Pluto Flyby

  An unmanned NASA spacecraft is hurtling into the unknown, and Tuesday will make a close shave past Pluto, allowing scientists a close glimpse of the dwarf planet's surface for the first time.

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  Historic Flyby of Pluto on Track Despite Probe Glitch, Nasa Says

  The team had lost communications with the New Horizons spacecraft for a brief period over the weekend.

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  Glitch Over, Pluto-Bound Spacecraft on Its Way

  A software glitch that triggered communication loss with NASA's New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified and the probe is on way for a Pluto fly-by on July 14, the US space agency has said.

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  NASA Mission Spots All Pluto Family Members

  For the first time, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx - the smallest and faintest of Pluto's five known moons.

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  NASA Probe Nearing Close Encounter With Unexplored Pluto

  The first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto, a dwarf planet in the solar system's frozen backyard, is still three months away from a close encounter, but already in viewing range, newly released photos show.

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  Nasa's Dawn Spacecraft Reaches Dwarf Planet Ceres for 16-Month Study

  The spacecraft made a 14-month tour of the asteroid Vesta before steering itself toward Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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  Nasa's New Horizons Spacecraft Set to Beam Home Close-ups of Pluto

  Nasa scientists took the spacecraft out of hibernation in December to get it ready for its upcoming close-ups of Pluto and Charon.

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  Nasa's New Horizons Probe Begins Six-Month Approach to Pluto

  The first close-up flyby of the dwarf planet has been scheduled for July 14.