I always pay attention to the opening and closing paragraphs of novels and reports.

The guy who wrote the Lorri's report should be publicly commended for being a sober (and precise!) writer:

It has operated successfully in flight, and its performance is completely nominal. It will obtain the first high resolution imaging observations in the Pluto system and at one or more additional Kuiper Belt objects.

I liked that (and even Stephen King would).

 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150718.html

 

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-pluto-images-from-nasa-s-new-horizons-it-s-complicated

High-res images are starting to come in and be released.

 

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-pluto-images-from-nasa-s-new-horizons-it-s-complicated

High-res images are starting to come in and be released.

Imagine being marooned in that place

 

This is simply spectacular!

 

And now we have astonishing color images.

 

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-returns-first-of-the-best-images-of-pluto

 

Wow... it seems that there are floating hills on Pluto!

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/pl...-hills-mesmerize-scientists/story?id=36734599

 

Imagine being marooned in that place

As long as your potatoes will grow in your $#!^.

 

As long as your potatoes will grow in your $#!^.

Gee... thanks W... I was just starting breakfast when I read your post! ...

 

This little-probe-that-could just keeps on giving!:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ex...s-probe-shows-detailed-view/story?id=39499581

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NASA approves new far-flung destination for Pluto space probe

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...-far-flung-destination-for-pluto-space-probe/​

 

This thread will be long-lived... hopefully...

Anyway, New Horizons' next destination is getting nearer. It's too bad that the New Scientist's article is restricted. I've always wanted to buy a subscription, but they're so darn expensive!

 

A little more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-horizons-next-target-might-have-moon

 

There's dunes in Pluto:



https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pluto-has-dunes-but-theyre-not-made-of-sand/

 

The little tiny probe keeps going, and going....

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...-probe-is-awake-and-ready-for-its-next-flyby/

 

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https://phys.org/news/2018-12-horizons-scientists-puzzled-lack-kuiper.html

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/nasa-s-new-horizon-probe-set-historic-new-year-s-ncna952831

If all goes according to plan, the probe will fly by the object, Ultima Thule, at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Jan. 1.

 

NASA TV in a very few minutes.