What's this? This is an unbiased just-the-facts news summary about NASA, New Horizons and Pluto. To see the full newsline, click the red tabs below. Love news? Become a contributor now!

17 Jul, 2015

Flyover animation

Makes Statement5 Comments

NASA releases a flyover animation over part of Tombaugh Regio, the heart-shaped area of Pluto, and the Norgay Montes mountains, which are named for Tenzing Norgay, the sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary on the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest. The animation is created from images taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the New Horizons probe during the Pluto flyby on July 14, 2015. Using photographs taken from just 77,000 kilometers (48,000 miles) away from the surface, the resolution  is good enough that features as small as a kilometers across (0.5 miles) are visible.

Animated Flyover of Pluto’s Icy Mountain and Plains

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
5 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Meriem

Just amazing how far we’ve come. Hopefully we go further soon.

Pascal

Wow how beautiful. Pretty wild!

David Dimoez

Fantastic job NASA.

Laurent Dupond

Amazing achievement. I have always found NASA inspiring.To me it is one of the great things about the USA, this New Horizons mission is just fantastic, thanks NASA.

Patrick Solly

Planet Pluto continuing to surprise