r/IAmA • u/NewHorizons_Pluto NASA New Horizons • Jul 14 '15
We're scientists on the NASA New Horizons team, which is at Pluto. Ask us anything about the mission & Pluto! Science
UPDATE: It's time for us to sign off for now. Thanks for all the great questions. Keep following along for updates from New Horizons over the coming hours, days and months. We will monitor and try to answer a few more questions later.
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto. After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface -- making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.
For background, here's the NASA New Horizons website with the latest: http://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons
Answering your questions today are:
- Curt Niebur, NASA Program Scientist
- Jillian Redfern, Senior Research Analyst, New Horizons Science Operations
- Kelsi Singer, Post-Doc, New Horizons Science Team
- Amanda Zangari, Post-Doc, New Horizons Science Team
- Stuart Robbins, Research Scientist, New Horizons Science Team
Proof: https://twitter.com/NASASocial/status/620986926867288064
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u/bullcityhomebrew Jul 14 '15
Is there an inside reference to the Honeymooners that caused the parts to be named Ralph and Alice?