{"id":7520,"date":"2015-07-15T07:13:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2015-07-15T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:15:13","slug":"pluto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/pluto","title":{"rendered":"A NASA\u00a0Spacecraft Flies By Pluto For The First Time In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Now it will continue beyond the dwarf planet.<\/p>\n<h2>A Big Relief For NASA<\/h2>\n<p>Pluto is three billion miles from Earth. That is a considerable distance; even at light speed it takes 4.5 hours for instructions to make the distance. The news that the mission was successful was a great surprise and relief for the NASA scientists that build and sent the robotic probe into deep space. The device travels faster than 31,000 miles per hour. It could have collided with debris or been overloaded with its duties, but it only took three minutes for the spacecraft to pass Pluto. <i>\u201cWe have a healthy spacecraft. We\u2019ve recorded data in the Pluto system. And we\u2019re outbound from Pluto,\u201d <\/i>mission operations manager Alice Bowman announced to her colleagues. The video feed received a standing ovation from the team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7522\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CH_k53bWwAA_9lQ.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CH_k53bWwAA_9lQ.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CH_k53bWwAA_9lQ-342x300.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CH_k53bWwAA_9lQ.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>The Closest Look Ever<\/h2>\n<p>The probe was able to get close enough to Pluto and its five moons to capture a detailed image of their surfaces. It turns out that Pluto is not the simple, lifeless hunk of ice that we all thought it was. The surface of the planet is intricate and complex. \u00a0<i>\u201cYou can see regions of various kinds of brightness,\u201d <\/i>Dr. Stern, the principal investigator for this mission, said. <i>\u201cVery dark regions near the Equator, very bright regions just to the north of that, broad intermediate zones over the pole. What we know is on the surface we see a history of impacts. We see a history of surface activity.\u201d <\/i>There are snowfields, something that resembles cliffs or fault lines, and a very \u00a0bright heart-shaped area. It is being speculated that this heart shape may have been created by a large impact crater, now the remains have eroded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7523\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/nh-071315_falsecolorcomposite.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/nh-071315_falsecolorcomposite.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/nh-071315_falsecolorcomposite-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/nh-071315_falsecolorcomposite-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/pluto-and-charon-shine-in-false-color\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Important Discoveries In The Final Frontier<\/h2>\n<p>Pluto was always a dot on the horizon to us &#8211; we barely knew anything about it. With this mission complete, we have reached the end of our solar system. <i>\u201cIt always seemed the encounter was so far away,\u201d<\/i> Dr. Stern said. <i>\u201cPeople talk about how surreal it is that we\u2019re actually here.\u201d <\/i>Now that Pluto has been explored, the probe is making its way through the small, icy planets of the outer solar system. \u00a0It will continue collecting and sending data. 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