It might look like just a few pixels, but it’s a big deal.
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
New Horizons launched in January 2006 and got its first glimpse of Pluto (from very far away) later that year.
Since then the probe has been on a loooooong 3 billion mile journey to the dwarf planet. It woke up from hibernation in December last year, and is now speeding towards Pluto at 31,000 miles per hour.
According to planetary scientist Emily Lakdawalla we can expect one really good photo of Pluto on July 13, the day before the probe's closest approach, and then plenty more in days following.
NASA
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