Newest images of Pluto,courtesy of Hubble

ynotdu

Whether You believe Pluto is a planet or not some great images of it taken by Hubble and just added to NASA.s homepage today.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/pluto-20100204.html

Guell72

very nice. Thanks for posting

Kevster

Pretty good. Don't forget that New Horizons is well on it's way there too, and we should have the first high-res images of Pluto then. It's scheduled for a 2014 ETA I think.

Kevin

ynotdu

Kevster wrote: »

Pretty good. Don't forget that New Horizons is well on it's way there too, and we should have the first high-res images of Pluto then. It's scheduled for a 2014 ETA I think.

Kevin

Hi.ya Kevin,I am spoilt by the gratification of near instant Launch's,so i got to get used to NASA.s new direction/no direction:eek::)

2014 seems yonks away:(,at least before that there will be the new Mars lander and even before that results should be coming in from WISE.
it will not match NASA TV's style of making launch's exciting though:(

while i wait for those though i can investigate the Cassini mission you said enthused You!

great to be hearing from You{even if i had to put SETI to listen out:)}

Kevster

Thanks dude. Good to hear from you too. I read updates literally everyday for the Cassini mission as it made it's way to the Saturnian system from Earth, and then for a few months after until it sent the probe to Titan. I don't know why I was fascinated by it, but anyway...

Night!

ynotdu

Kevster wrote: »

Thanks dude. Good to hear from you too. I read updates literally everyday for the Cassini mission as it made it's way to the Saturnian system from Earth, and then for a few months after until it sent the probe to Titan. I don't know why I was fascinated by it, but anyway...

Night!

and good night and great success to You in what You are doing!

txpjl

Amazing. Thanks for posting.

"Pluto is so small and distant that the task of resolving the surface is as challenging as trying to see the markings on a soccer ball 40 miles away"

Beeker

Kevster wrote: »

Thanks dude. Good to hear from you too. I read updates literally everyday for the Cassini mission as it made it's way to the Saturnian system from Earth, and then for a few months after until it sent the probe to Titan. I don't know why I was fascinated by it, but anyway...

Night!

Its a great mission allright. My interest in Space started with the Viking landings on Mars in 1976. Landing on Mars was an amazing thought to a 9 year old Beeker:). Then came the Voyagers in 77, I was hooked. The Voyagers were amazing and still facinate me when ever I read or think back to them. Shuttle started in 81 and has been my obsession ever since:). I found myself reading more and more about the history of Spaceflight soaking in all about Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab.
With the end in site for Shuttle, I will take a greater interest in the unmanned programme once again.

namloc1980

ynotdu wrote: »

2014 seems yonks away:(

I'm afraid you'll have to add another year onto that. New Horizons isn't due to arrive at Pluto until July 2015!

Should return great images though!

ynotdu

namloc1980 wrote: »

I'm afraid you'll have to add another year onto that. New Horizons isn't due to arrive at Pluto until July 2015!

Should return great images though!

Thanks for the link namloc countdown clock currently showing T-1428 days and counting{not kidding}:eek:

think i will take up knitting,gotta find some way to fill in time between Spacecraft launchs:D

ynotdu

txpjl wrote: »

Amazing. Thanks for posting.

"Pluto is so small and distant that the task of resolving the surface is as challenging as trying to see the markings on a soccer ball 40 miles away"

ffs Soccer players cannot even spot a ball from one meter away!:)