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RE: New Horizons mission

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Signal Acquisition of New Horizons Spacecraft

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New Horizon Phones Home

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New Horizons Mission Update July 14, 2015 (Evening)

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New Horizons: Spacecraft survives Pluto encounter

A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto.
Data in its first call home since Tuesday's flyby suggest the spacecraft experienced no upsets as it hurtled past the icy world at 14km/s,
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New Horizons: Tension mounts over Pluto signal

Tension is mounting as scientists await confirmation that a flyby of Pluto by the New Horizons probe was successful.
The spacecraft turned its antenna away from Earth during Tuesday's flyby to gather data on its target. It is expected to call home at 01:53 BST on Wednesday; controllers should be able to quickly tell whether the flyby sequence worked properly or not.
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Pluto and Charon Shine in False Colour

The images were obtained using three of the colour filters of the "Ralph" instrument on July 13 at 3:38 am EDT. New Horizons has seven science instruments on board the spacecraft - including "Ralph" and "Alice", whose names are a throwback to the "Honeymooners," a popular 1950s sitcom.