New Horizons Probe Wakes from 5-Month Slumber
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is zooming through the outer solar system with its eyes open once again.
New Horizons woke from a five-month hibernation period — its first stretch of rest since before its epic Pluto flyby in July 2015 — last week, right on schedule, mission team members said.
The probe is in good health and ready to resume studying the dark, frigid depths of the Kuiper Belt, the ring of bodies beyond Neptune's orbit, they added. [ Destination Pluto: NASA's New Horizons Mission in Pictures ]
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Good article Matti,
The information gathered from the fly by of Pluto is, in itself, worth all the time, money and effort spent.
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That is so true, I couldn't agree more. If only we'd spend some more on other important space projects.