Blogs & Articles

New Horizons post-launch press conference

Emily Lakdawalla • January 19, 2006

I am updating this as I take notes from the press conference.

Phew!

Emily Lakdawalla • January 19, 2006

OK, back to New Horizons!

Emily Lakdawalla • January 19, 2006

So the Stardust press conference is still going on on NASA TV, but I am now turning to the Internet to monitor the status of New Horizons' third attempted launch day.

An update on Opportunity

Emily Lakdawalla • January 19, 2006

How New Horizons' launch date affects its arrival date

Emily Lakdawalla • January 18, 2006

I was looking at that table of launch times for New Horizons and realized that the table included another valuable column of data that I hadn't noticed before: it tells you what year New Horizons will arrive, for each of the possible launch dates.

Philosophical after the first day's launch attempt

John Spencer • January 17, 2006

Oh well, the Sun sets on an earthbound New Horizons at least one more time. The first day's launch attempt was a strange experience in retrospect.

New Horizons launch scrubbed for today.

Emily Lakdawalla • January 17, 2006

Well, it was a nail-biting morning and too bad that New Horizons didn't go but these things happen pretty frequently.

Less than 24 hours to New Horizons' Launch

John Spencer • January 16, 2006

New Horizons just experienced what we hope will be its last ever sunset on Earth. There will be three more sunsets to come.

Looking Forward to New Horizons' Launch (15 January 2006)

John Spencer • January 15, 2006

Another quick post from the Cape. Yesterday was our final pre-launch meeting of the Science Team.

Looking Forward to New Horizons' Launch (13 January 2006)

John Spencer • January 13, 2006

We're at the Cape! More properly, we're at Cocoa Beach just down the coast, having flown in from Denver today.