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Chasing New Horizons

Author : Alan Stern
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 125009898X
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Chasing New Horizons written by Alan Stern and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called "spellbinding" (Scientific American) and "thrilling...a future classic of popular science" (PW), the up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons’ mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players. On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour, focusing its instruments on the long mysterious icy worlds of the Pluto system, and then, just as quickly, continued on its journey out into the beyond. Nothing like this has occurred in a generation—a raw exploration of new worlds unparalleled since NASA’s Voyager missions to Uranus and Neptune—and nothing quite like it is planned to happen ever again. The photos that New Horizons sent back to Earth graced the front pages of newspapers on all 7 continents, and NASA’s website for the mission received more than 2 billion hits in the days surrounding the flyby. At a time when so many think that our most historic achievements are in the past, the most distant planetary exploration ever attempted not only succeeded in 2015 but made history and captured the world’s imagination. How did this happen? Chasing New Horizons is the story of the men and women behind this amazing mission: of their decades-long commitment and persistence; of the political fights within and outside of NASA; of the sheer human ingenuity it took to design, build, and fly the mission; and of the plans for New Horizons’ next encounter, 1 billion miles past Pluto in 2019. Told from the insider’s perspective of mission leader Dr. Alan Stern and others on New Horizons, and including two stunning 16-page full-color inserts of images, Chasing New Horizons is a riveting account of scientific discovery, and of how much we humans can achieve when people focused on a dream work together toward their incredible goal.

Voyage to Pluto

Author : Liz Kruesi
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1635177162
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Voyage to Pluto written by Liz Kruesi and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores scientists' thrilling quest to send a spacecraft to Pluto. Engaging text, vibrant photos, and informative infographics help readers learn about this important advancement in exploring space, as well as the people and technology that made it possible.

Expedition to Pluto

Author : Laurence Manning Fletcher Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781515446941
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Expedition to Pluto written by Laurence Manning Fletcher Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Expedition to Pluto

Author : Fletcher Pratt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1649740921
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Expedition to Pluto written by Fletcher Pratt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the Goddard’s hurtling hull Captain “Steel-Wall” McCausland, hero of the space fleets, nursed his secret plan for an Earth reborn. Reuter the scientist cuddled his treacherous test-tubes. And Air Mate Longworth grappled an unseen horror that menaced a billion lives!

Discovering Pluto

Author : Dale P. Cruikshank
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816534314
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Pluto written by Dale P. Cruikshank and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher.

Mission to Pluto

Author : Mary Kay Carson
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780358240273
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Mission to Pluto written by Mary Kay Carson and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow New Horizons, a spacecraft the size of a piano, on its first-ever mission to Pluto in this addition to the acclaimed Scientists in the Field series.

Pluto and Charon

Author : Alan Stern
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816518408
Total Pages : 757 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Pluto and Charon written by Alan Stern and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1997-12 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five decades after its discovery in 1930, the planet Pluto remained an enigma. However, several events during the last two decades have helped to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the ninth planet. The discovery of its satellite, Charon, in 1978 permitted occultation observations that allowed scientists to determine the size of both bodies. Astronomers also detected the presence of an atmosphere, and the Hubble Space Telescope provided views in unprecedented detail. In addition to these two fortuitous events, advances in telescopic instrumentation and computational methods led to exciting observational and theoretical discoveries. This new Space Sciences Series volume focuses on the scientific issues associated with Pluto and Charon. Fifty collaborating authors here review the latest research on the Pluto-Charon binary, from bulk properties, surfaces and interiors to atmospheric structure, composition, and dynamics. They also provide historical perspectives on Pluto-Charon research and discuss the population of the trans-Neptunian region and the origin of the Pluto-Charon binary. Also included are prefatory remarks by Pluto's and Charon's discoverers, Clyde Tombaugh and James Christy. This volume offers the most comprehensive available compendium of research work for understanding these far off members of our solar system, just at a time following dramatic developments in our knowledge but before that knowledge can be advanced by spacecraft missions.

Pluto

Author : James Roland
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 1512476986
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Pluto written by James Roland and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Did you know that Pluto has mountains, glaciers, and even blue skies? In July 2015 a spacecraft called New Horizons finally reached Pluto—almost ten years after it had launched! The spacecraft flew by Pluto to take the first close-up photos of the dwarf planet. When it began sending those photos back to Earth, scientists were amazed by what they saw. Pluto was more fascinating than scientists ever imagined! Read this book to learn more about New Horizons, its long journey to Pluto, and the things scientists learned from the photos of this distant dwarf planet.

Journey to Pluto

Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534430571
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Journey to Pluto written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Jet Propulsion and his friends as they travel to Pluto in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read based on a popular episode of PBS’s hit show Ready Jet Go! Jet and his friends are going on a journey all the way to Pluto! Come along and learn about the dwarf planet way out at the edge of our solar system. This Level 2 Ready-to-Read includes bonus back matter content with lots of fun facts about Pluto! © Copyright 2018 Jet Propulsion, LLC. Ready Jet Go! is a registered trademark of Jet Propulsion, LLC.

Is Pluto a Planet?

Author : David A. Weintraub
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400852978
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Is Pluto a Planet? written by David A. Weintraub and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Note from the Author: On August 24, 2006, at the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, by a majority vote of only the 424 members present, the IAU (an organization of over 10,000 members) passed a resolution defining planet in such a way as to exclude Pluto and established a new class of objects in the solar system to be called "dwarf planets," which was deliberately designed to include Pluto. With the discovery of Eris (2003 UB313)—an outer solar system object thought to be both slightly larger than Pluto and twice as far from the Sun—astronomers have again been thrown into an age-old debate about what is and what is not a planet. One of many sizeable hunks of rock and ice in the Kuiper Belt, Eris has resisted easy classification and inspired much controversy over the definition of planethood. But, Pluto itself has been subject to controversy since its discovery in 1930, and questions over its status linger. Is it a planet? What exactly is a planet? Is Pluto a Planet? tells the story of how the meaning of the word "planet" has changed from antiquity to the present day, as new objects in our solar system have been discovered. In lively, thoroughly accessible prose, David Weintraub provides the historical, philosophical, and astronomical background that allows us to decide for ourselves whether Pluto is indeed a planet. The number of possible planets has ranged widely over the centuries, from five to seventeen. This book makes sense of it all—from the ancient Greeks' observation that some stars wander while others don't; to Copernicus, who made Earth a planet but rejected the Sun and the Moon; to the discoveries of comets, Uranus, Ceres, the asteroid belt, Neptune, Pluto, centaurs, the Kuiper Belt and Eris, and extrasolar planets. Weaving the history of our thinking about planets and cosmology into a single, remarkable story, Is Pluto a Planet? is for all those who seek a fuller understanding of the science surrounding both Pluto and the provocative recent discoveries in our outer solar system.

New Horizons

Author : James Bow
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508151210
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book New Horizons written by James Bow and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space missions take years to plan. But they also take years to execute, so special robots are used to study deep space instead of astronauts. Pluto is so far away, the New Horizons probe took 10 years to get there! The main content describes the amazing technology used to build the probe as well as what tools it uses to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Informative sidebars introduce the scientist who discovered Pluto and other fascinating STEM information. Full-color photographs and diagrams show off the coolest parts of the robot and the photos and data it’s collected.

A Pluto Story

Author : Harold Geller
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329033841
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book A Pluto Story written by Harold Geller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is meant to be a children's book about the dwarf planet Pluto. We describe what we know about Pluto today as the spacecraft New Horizons approaches Pluto. We use a pet guinea pig named Pluto to examine some of the characteristics of Pluto, the dwarf planet. We examine the orbit, size, temperature, and atmosphere of Pluto on an elementary level.

The Pluto System After New Horizons

Author : S. Alan Stern
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816542104
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Pluto System After New Horizons written by S. Alan Stern and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once perceived as distant, cold, dark, and seemingly unknowable, Pluto had long been marked as the farthest and most unreachable frontier for solar system exploration. After Voyager accomplished its final planetary reconnaissance at Neptune in 1989, Pluto and its cohort in the Kuiper Belt beckoned as the missing puzzle piece for completing the first reconnaissance of our solar system. In the decades following Voyager, a mission to the Pluto system was not only imagined but also achieved, culminating with the historic 2015 flyby by the New Horizons spacecraft. Pluto and its satellite system (“the Pluto system”), including its largest moon, Charon, have been revealed to be worlds of enormous complexity that fantastically exceed preconceptions. The Pluto System After New Horizons seeks to become the benchmark for synthesizing our understanding of the Pluto system. The volume’s lead editor is S. Alan Stern, who also serves as NASA’s New Horizons Principal Investigator; co-editors Richard P. Binzel, William M. Grundy, Jeffrey M. Moore, and Leslie A. Young are all co-investigators on New Horizons. Leading researchers from around the globe have spent the last five years assimilating Pluto system flyby data returned from New Horizons. The chapters in this volume form an enduring foundation for ongoing study and understanding of the Pluto system. The volume also advances insights into the nature of dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt objects, providing a cornerstone for planning new missions that may return to the Pluto system and explore others of the myriad important worlds beyond Neptune.

Let's Explore Pluto and Beyond

Author : Helen Orme
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
ISBN 13 : 9780836879452
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Let's Explore Pluto and Beyond written by Helen Orme and published by Gareth Stevens. This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's Explore Pluto and Beyond investigates the latest discoveries about Pluto, explains its change in classification from planet to dwarf planet, and describes the other space objects found beyond Pluto's orbit.

Pluto & Charon

Author : Codex Regius
Publisher : XinXii
ISBN 13 : 3961420033
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Pluto & Charon written by Codex Regius and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2016-10-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 14 July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft passed through the system of the former ninth planet, Pluto. This book gives a preliminary overview of the results that had been obtained from data sent by New Horizons to Earth till spring 2016. Dr Rainer Riemann, astrophysicist of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has added a preface to this volume.

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ISBN 13 : 110199701X
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Visiting Pluto

Author : Francis Spencer
Publisher : Crabtree Seedlings
ISBN 13 : 9781039646650
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Visiting Pluto written by Francis Spencer and published by Crabtree Seedlings. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to gather more information about the distant dwarf planet, Pluto.