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New Horizons mission to Pluto prepares for huge letdown on Tuesday AM:
On Tuesday morning at 0449 PDT (1149 UTC), the New Horizons space probe will make mankind's first visit to Pluto, and there will be much rejoicing; but we won't actually know if the mission is a success until much later in the day. At a press conference on Monday the team, some of whom have been working on the project for more than 20 years, explained that despite all the celebrations planned for tomorrow morning, the real crunch time will come at around 1800 PDT (0100 UTC), when the first signals for the probe are returned.
Update: New Horizons is expected to call home at 8:53 PM EDT.
NASA TV Schedule for Tuesday-Wednesday [More detail here]
| Channel | Title | Time (UTC) | (EDT) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | ||||
| All | Live Satellite Interviews with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the New Horizons Mission |
09:30-10:45 | 5:30-6:45 AM | |
| All | New Horizons Mission Celebration | 11:30-12:30 | 7:30-8:30 AM | |
| All | NASA News Briefing on New Horizon Mission | 12:00-13:00 | 8:00-9:00 AM | |
| NTV-3 | Live Satellite Interviews with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the New Horizons Mission (Starts at 13:15am) |
13:00-15:30 | 9:00-11:30 AM | |
| NTV-1 & 2 | The Year of Pluto – a Documentary | 17:00-18:00 | 1:00-2:00 PM | |
| Wednesday | ||||
| All | NASA News Briefing on New Horizon Mission | 01:30-02:30 | 9:30-10:30 PM | |
| All | Live Satellite Interviews on the New Horizons Mission | 10:00-14:00 | 6:00-10:00 AM | |
| All | Live Satellite Interviews on the New Horizons Mission | 16:00-20:00 | 12:00-4:00 PM |
(Score: 2) by No Respect on Tuesday July 14 2015, @10:44AM
I had a lot to say 8 hours ago about this. Too bad I'm about falling asleep now. Better late than never I guess.
An American spacecraft will make history this morning. Something we, not only as a country but as humans who normally like to kill each other, can be proud of. The images captured in the next 2 hours will be THE images of Pluto in every imaginable reference for a hundred years (at least).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2015, @01:50PM
Judging by NASA's (lack of) funding, whatever pictures we have today of anything in the solar system will be the *final* pictures...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday July 14 2015, @04:05PM
100 years? Mission cost is about $650 million so far. Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity cost $2.5 billion. I can imagine another trip to Pluto within the next 3 decades, perhaps even an orbiter.
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