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Pluto and Cerberus, bronze, Venice, Italy

Pluto and Cerberus, bronze, Venice, Italy

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rape of Persephone with Pluto on horseback at right

Rape of Persephone with Pluto on horseback at right

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Proserpina gathers flowers with her companions; Ceres concerned for her daughter Proserpina, whom Pluto carried off - the rape of Proserpina (background)

Proserpina gathers flowers with her companions; Ceres concerned for he...

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Public domain image of Dutch print, mythology, allegory, nudity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pluto en Proserpina - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Pluto en Proserpina - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of Dutch print, mythology, allegory, nudity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pluto riding a chariot descending into Hell, from the 'Division of the Universe'

Pluto riding a chariot descending into Hell, from the 'Division of the...

Giulio Bonasone was an Italian painter and engraver born in Bologna. He possibly studied painting under Lorenzo Sabbatini, and painted a Purgatory for the church of San Stefano, but all his paintings have been ... More

Plate 7: Pluto in a niche, holding a bident, with Cerberus next to him, from a series of mythological gods and goddesses

Plate 7: Pluto in a niche, holding a bident, with Cerberus next to him...

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Plate 7: Pluto in a niche, holding a bident, with Cerberus next to him, from a series of mythological gods and goddesses

Plate 7: Pluto in a niche, holding a bident, with Cerberus next to him...

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pluto and Cerberus, bronze, Venice, Italy

Pluto and Cerberus, bronze, Venice, Italy

Bronze sculpture of a man holding a spear, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto and Proserpine, from 'The Loves of the Gods'

Pluto and Proserpine, from 'The Loves of the Gods'

Giulio Bonasone was an Italian painter and engraver born in Bologna. He possibly studied painting under Lorenzo Sabbatini, and painted a Purgatory for the church of San Stefano, but all his paintings have been ... More

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto dividing the universe

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto dividing the universe

Giulio Bonasone was an Italian painter and engraver born in Bologna. He possibly studied painting under Lorenzo Sabbatini, and painted a Purgatory for the church of San Stefano, but all his paintings have been ... More

Pluto, bronze, Italian - Public domain museum photogrpaph

Pluto, bronze, Italian - Public domain museum photogrpaph

Although it is a poor, flawed cast, the single-figure version is engraved 211—its number in the inventory of the French royal collection of bronzes assembled under Louis XIV. After Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (... More

Pluto en Proserpina - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pluto en Proserpina - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Pluto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Pluto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of an artwork, 16th-17th century Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Venus moedigt Cupido aan een pijl naar Pluto te schieten

Venus moedigt Cupido aan een pijl naar Pluto te schieten

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Apollo, Neptune, Pluto, and Athena seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau

Apollo, Neptune, Pluto, and Athena seated on a cloud under an arch, an...

Public domain reproduction of Italian art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Seven Liberal Arts Persecuted by Pluto and Bacchus

The Seven Liberal Arts Persecuted by Pluto and Bacchus

Public domain scan - 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Venus Commanding Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Venus Commanding Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Pieter de Jode I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1570–Antwerp 1634) Public domain photograph of erotic art, sexuality, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto, Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pluto, Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem) Public domain photograph of 16th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto, Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pluto, Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Nicolas Henry Tardieu - Book 3, Fable 12: Pluto and Proserpina

Nicolas Henry Tardieu - Book 3, Fable 12: Pluto and Proserpina

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pluto and Cerberus, bronze, Europe

Pluto and Cerberus, bronze, Europe

A bronze figure of deity and his dog, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto met Cerberus aan zijn voeten

Pluto met Cerberus aan zijn voeten

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ontvoering van Proserpina door Pluto

Ontvoering van Proserpina door Pluto

Public domain image, 16th-17th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo of Pluto and Cerberus, bronze - Public domain dedication

Photo of Pluto and Cerberus, bronze - Public domain dedication

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardi...

Public domain photo of Italian art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardi...

Public domain photo of Italian art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Vier beelden op sokkels: Jupiter, Juno, Pluto, Proserpina

Vier beelden op sokkels: Jupiter, Juno, Pluto, Proserpina

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Rape of Persephone with Pluto on horseback at right

Rape of Persephone with Pluto on horseback at right

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Polidoro da Caravaggio - Pluto, Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch

Polidoro da Caravaggio - Pluto, Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch

Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem) Public domain scan German Renaissance print, art, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Claude Vignon - Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune Offering their Riches to Fortune

Claude Vignon - Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune Offering their Riches to Fo...

Public domain photo of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Claude Vignon - Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune Offering their Riches to Fortune

Claude Vignon - Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune Offering their Riches to F...

Public domain photo of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Claude Vignon - Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune Offering their Riches to Fortune

Claude Vignon - Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune Offering their Riches to F...

Public domain photo of French art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pluto, bronze, Europe, Italian - Public domain dedication museum photo

Pluto, bronze, Europe, Italian - Public domain dedication museum photo

A large bronze figure of deity, 19th century, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardi...

Public domain photo of Italian art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardi...

Public domain image of drawing or print depicting the male nude figure, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Pluto, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kingdom of Pluto; a view of the underworld with Pluto and Proserpina enthroned at center, surrounded by demons; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Kingdom of Pluto; a view of the underworld with Pluto and Proserpina e...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century Italian print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto, seen from behind, entering the Underwold on his chairot, Cereberus and three Furies to right, from 'Giove che fulmina li giganti', after the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sala dei Giganti designed by Giulio Romano for the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Pluto, seen from behind, entering the Underwold on his chairot, Cerebe...

Public domain image of a 16th-17th-century print, mannerism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Molière voor de rechters van Pluto

Molière voor de rechters van Pluto

Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pluto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Pluto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain photograph of artwork in the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto, Neptune, Minerva and Apollo, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau

Pluto, Neptune, Minerva and Apollo, from a series of eight composition...

Public domain reproduction of Italian art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pluto, Neptune, Minerva, and Apollo, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau

Pluto, Neptune, Minerva, and Apollo, from a series of eight compositio...

Public domain photo of Italian art print or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pluto daalt af in de onderwereld

Pluto daalt af in de onderwereld

Public domain reproduction of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Capture of the ANN D. RICHARDSON slaver [flying U.S. flag] by H.M. Steam-frigate PLUTO

Capture of the ANN D. RICHARDSON slaver [flying U.S. flag] by H.M. Ste...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1850 July 6, p. 36. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Pluto's Chimney, burnt up 90 ft. Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County

Pluto's Chimney, burnt up 90 ft. Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County

Pluto's Chimney is a giant tree The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 905. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras Big Trees. This record con... More

The Pioneer's Cabin and Pluto's Chimney - Big Tree Grove, Calaveras County

The Pioneer's Cabin and Pluto's Chimney - Big Tree Grove, Calaveras Co...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 900. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras Big Trees. This record contains unverified old data from c... More

[Pluto Grotto and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i.e.Kassel), Hesse-Nassau, Germany]

[Pluto Grotto and Hercules, Wilhelmshohe, Cassel (i.e.Kassel), Hesse-N...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16845". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Riksbanken, StockholmSkeppsbron 42BPortalExteriörSvensk arkitektur: kyrkor, herrgårdar med mera fotograferade av Arkitekturminnesföreningen 1908-23.

Riksbanken, StockholmSkeppsbron 42BPortalExteriörSvensk arkitektur: ky...

Riksbanken, StockholmSkeppsbron 42BPortalExteriörSvensk arkitektur: kyrkor, herrgårdar med mera fotograferade av Arkitekturminnesföreningen 1908-23.

Riksbanken, StockholmSkeppsbron 42BExteriörSvensk arkitektur: kyrkor, herrgårdar med mera fotograferade av Arkitekturminnesföreningen 1908-23.

Riksbanken, StockholmSkeppsbron 42BExteriörSvensk arkitektur: kyrkor, ...

Riksbanken, StockholmSkeppsbron 42BExteriörSvensk arkitektur: kyrkor, herrgårdar med mera fotograferade av Arkitekturminnesföreningen 1908-23.

Ägare:/1957-64/: ett partrederi, Huvudredare: Dampfschiffahrts Ges. Neptun A.G. Hemort: Bremen.

Ägare:/1957-64/: ett partrederi, Huvudredare: Dampfschiffahrts Ges. Ne...

Ägare:/1957-64/: ett partrederi, Huvudredare: Dampfschiffahrts Ges. Neptun A.G. Hemort: Bremen.

Cargo Ship Fo74453, Sjöhistoriska museet Sweden

Cargo Ship Fo74453, Sjöhistoriska museet Sweden

Fo74453 Public domain photograph of ferry, steam boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ägare:/1954-72/: Harry A. Hansson. Hemort: Donsö.

Ägare:/1954-72/: Harry A. Hansson. Hemort: Donsö.

Ägare:/1954-72/: Harry A. Hansson. Hemort: Donsö. Public domain photograph of ferry, steam boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ägare:/1954-72/: Harry A. Hansson. Hemort: Donsö.

Ägare:/1954-72/: Harry A. Hansson. Hemort: Donsö.

Ägare:/1954-72/: Harry A. Hansson. Hemort: Donsö.

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Water Tower, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats, Cane Spring Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Water Tower, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats...

Survey number: HAER NV-32-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Guard House, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats, Cane Spring Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Guard House, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats...

Survey number: HAER NV-32-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Water Filtering System Brock House, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats, Cane Spring Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Water Filtering System Brock House, ...

Survey number: HAER NV-32-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Test Car Wash Stand, Area 26, Wahmonie Flats, Cane Spring Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Pluto Facility, Test Car Wash Stand, Area 26, Wahmon...

Survey number: HAER NV-32-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere Disney-figuren Public domain photograph - 1972 by The Algemeen Nederlandsch Fotobureau (ANeFo), also known as the General Dutch Photo Bureau, a Dutch photograph... More

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere Disney-figuren Public domain photograph - 1972 by The Algemeen Nederlandsch Fotobureau (ANeFo), also known as the General Dutch Photo Bureau, a Dutch photograph... More

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere

Mickey Mouse op Schiphol, Mickey Mouse en andere Disney-figuren Public domain photograph - 1972 by The Algemeen Nederlandsch Fotobureau (ANeFo), also known as the General Dutch Photo Bureau, a Dutch photograph... More

Solar System Montage, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo

Solar System Montage, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo

This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, S... More

Layered Craters and Icy Plains. NASA public domain image colelction.

Layered Craters and Icy Plains. NASA public domain image colelction.

This highest-resolution image from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveals new details of Pluto's rugged, icy cratered plains. Notice the layering in the interior walls of many craters (the large crater at upper... More

Artwork: "Pluto". Artist: Gordon Phillips, US Air Force Art Collection

Artwork: "Pluto". Artist: Gordon Phillips, US Air Force Art Collection

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Surface of Pluto. NASA public domain image colelction.

Surface of Pluto. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description The never-before-seen surface of the distant planet Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Faint Object Camera (FOC) aboard Hub... More

First Views of Pluto. NASA public domain image colelction.

First Views of Pluto. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description (October 4, 1990) The following information was published along with the image in 1990, prior to Pluto having been stripped of its title as a planet:..NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has obtained the ... More

First View of Pluto's Surface. NASA public domain image colelction.

First View of Pluto's Surface. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description (July 1994) Images of Pluto taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope with the ESA Faint Object Camera. These images, taken in late June and early July, 1994 are the first views which allow resolutio... More

The Surface of Pluto - Hubble space telescope images

The Surface of Pluto - Hubble space telescope images

The never-before-seen surface of the distant planet Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency Faint Object Camera FOC aboard Hubble. Alan Stern Southw... More

Map of Pluto Surface - Hubble space telescope images

Map of Pluto Surface - Hubble space telescope images

This image-based surface map of Pluto was assembled by computer image processing software from four separate images of Pluto disk taken with the European Space Agency Faint Object Camera aboard NASA Hubble Spac... More

Hubble Portrait of the Double. NASA public domain image colelction.

Hubble Portrait of the Double. NASA public domain image colelction.

This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by NASA Hubble Space Telescope. The image was taken by the European Space Agency Faint Object Camera on February 21, 1... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-88 Mission Specialist James H. Newman takes part in a complete suit check before launch. Newman holds a toy dog, "Pluto," representing the crew nickname Dog Crew 3 and Newman's nickname, Pluto. Mission STS-88 is expected to launch at 3:56 a.m. EST with the six-member crew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on Dec. 3. Endeavour carries the Unity connecting module, which the crew will be mating with the Russian-built Zarya control module already in orbit. In addition to Unity, two small replacement electronics boxes are on board for possible repairs to Zarya batteries. The mission is expected to last 11 days, 19 hours and 49 minutes, landing at 10:17 p.m. EST on Dec. 14 KSC-98pc1758

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-88 Mission Specialist James H. Newman takes part in a complete suit check before launch. Newman holds a toy dog, "Pluto," representing ... More

Surface Variety, NASA history collection

Surface Variety, NASA history collection

Mosaic of high-resolution images of Pluto, sent back from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft from Sept. 5 to 7, 2015. The image is dominated by the informally-named icy plain Sputnik Planum, the smooth, bright regi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft are being covered by a protective container before their transport to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility. The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2276

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft are being covered by a protective container before their tr... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is lifted off the transporter.  The rocket will be raised to vertical and then moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2264

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral A...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is lifted off the transporter. The rocket will be raised to vertical and then moved ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker stands by as the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is raised to vertical.  The rocket will then be moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch.  The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2265

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral A...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker stands by as the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is raised to vertical. The rocket will then be moved into the ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is being moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2268

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical positio...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is being moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Com... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, one of the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft is offloaded from the Russian cargo plane.  The fairing halves will be transported to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2274

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, one of the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft is offloaded from the Russian cargo plane. The fair... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, one of the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft is moved away from the Russian cargo plane that delivered it.  Behind the truck is the mate/demate device at the landing facility.  The fairing halves will be transported to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2275

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, one of the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft is moved away from the Russian cargo plane that deli... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft have been offloaded from the Russian cargo plane (background).  The fairing halves will be transported to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2273

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft have been offloaded from the Russian cargo plane (backgroun... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is nearly vertical.  The rocket will be moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2266

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral A...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is nearly vertical. The rocket will be moved into the Vertical Integration Facility ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is being moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2267

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical positio...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is being moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Com... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket has been moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2269

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical positio...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket has been moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Com... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket has been moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2270

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical positio...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket has been moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Com... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   The Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft are driven away from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.  They are being transported to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2277

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Atlas V fairing halves for the New ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft are driven away from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility. They are being transported to Astrotech Spac... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  A Russian cargo plane sits on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center with the Atlas V fairing for the New Horizons spacecraft inside.  The two fairing halves will be removed, loaded onto trucks and transported to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility. A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2271

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Russian cargo plane sits on the Shuttl...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Russian cargo plane sits on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center with the Atlas V fairing for the New Horizons spacecraft inside. The two fairing halves wil... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is raised to a vertical position.  The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft.  The fairing will encapsulate the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned. New Horizons is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2288

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Fa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is raised to a vertical position. The Atlas V is the launc... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is suspended vertically.  The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft.  The fairing will encapsulate the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned. New Horizons is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2289

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Fa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is suspended vertically. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   The fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket are driven to the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock.  The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft.  The fairing will encapsulate the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned. New Horizons is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2283

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fairing halves for the Lockheed Mar...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket are driven to the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spa... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   After arriving at the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, the protective cover is removed from one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket.  The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft.  The fairing will encapsulate the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned. New Horizons is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2286

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After arriving at the Payload Hazardous...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After arriving at the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, the protective cover is removed from one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket. The Atlas... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   One of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket arrives at the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock.  The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft.  The fairing will encapsulate the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned. New Horizons is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2284

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of the fairing halves for the Lockh...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket arrives at the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is lifted off the transporter.  The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft.  The fairing will encapsulate the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned. New Horizons is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2287

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Fa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Payload Hazardous Service Facility airlock, one of the fairing halves for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is lifted off the transporter. The Atlas V is the launch v... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians are installing the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft.  New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2306

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payloa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians are installing the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft. Ne... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument is tested after being mounted on the corner of the New Horizons spacecraft.  New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2310

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Paylo...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument is tested after being mounted on the corner of the New Horizo... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, one part of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft is moved after being lifted from a stand. The fairing encapsulates the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned.   New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2305

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payloa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, one part of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft is mo... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument that is part of the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2302

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payloa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument that is part of the New Horizons spacecraf... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, one part of the fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft is lifted from a stand. The fairing encapsulates the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere.  Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned.  New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2303

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payloa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, one part of the fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft is lifted from a stand. The fairing ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, both parts of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft are moved into place for encapsulation.  The fairing encloses the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned.  New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2308

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Paylo...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, both parts of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft ar... More

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