NASA's New Horizons finally brings Earth closer to Pluto. Last Tuesday, the said spacecraft sent photos of the dwarf planet after nine and a half years of voyage.
The mysterious dwarf planet was finally introduced to the earthlings last Tuesday. According to New Zeland Herald, the spacecraft entitled New Horizons voyaged our entire solar system for a span of nine and a half years before the said ship sent photos of Pluto's surface.
According to Rappler, the said unmanned aircraft ran at 30,800 miles per hour, the strongest ever built by the space experts. It's size, although taking long enough than almost a decade to complete its mission, is only about the dimension of a baby grand piano. Also, the nuclear-powered vehicle was able to travel 3 billion miles towards the said planet. Furthermore, the said voyage took New Horizons closer to the dwarf planet's surface that initially planned. When the arrival was confirmed, scientists cheered for their success at the Johns Hopkins Physics Center located in Washington, United States.
Earlier today, NASA's Randy Wesson declared that this was the first instance that they were able to take a closer look of Pluto since they have only been able to get a glimpse of it by use of a Hubble Telescope. The said images that were sent by the spacecraft gave the scientist a clearer view and detailed description of the said dwarf planet. Accordingly, the images showed few craters that indicate the planet to be of a young surface. Furthermore, there is also a mysterious icy region just by the planet's equator.
Unfortunately, the said aircraft is only powered with 200-watts, it would take several months before it can transmit any additional data other than the photos already provided for by NASA back to Earth.
Now that NASA has been able to bring us closer to Mars, what do you think will New Horizons bring us for the following months? May we expect that other life forms take refuge in the small planet of Pluto? Post your comments below.
