Pluto's moons and possible rings may be hazards: New Horizons and the gauntlet it may encounter in 2015
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now almost seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its system of moons. Just over two years from now, in January 2015, New Horizons will begin encounter operations, which will culminate in a close approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, and the first-ever exploration of a planet in the Kuiper Belt.